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Sangue Bleu | Blue Blood (IT 1914)
With the release of Sangue Bleu in 1914, reviews were glowing: “This splendid masterpiece is transfused by all of Ms. Bertini’s soul as an incomparable artist.” Francesca Bertini was already launched as a film star, and as a major production, Sangue … Continue reading
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Tagged Centi anno fa, cinema of 1914, cinema of Italy, clothing & fashion, dance, Desmet collection, diva films, Francesca Bertini, Kri Kri, Nino Oxilia
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Death, love, and beauty: Lyda Borelli in Rapsodia Satanica (IT 1917)
Lyda Borelli is the star of this update of the Faust legend. La diva Lyda plays Contessa Alba d’Oltrevita, who at the beginning of the picture is an elderly woman, looking on jealously at the youthful beauty that surrounds her. … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema of 1917, cinema of Italy, clothing & fashion, diva films, EFG, floral symbolism, Lyda Borelli, Nino Oxilia, traces of Loïe Fuller
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Ma l’amor mio non muore! | Love Everlasting (IT 1913)
Lyda prima diva! What better place to begin Diva December than the film that started it all: Ma l’amor mio non muore! | Love Everlasting (IT 1913), starring the inimitable Lyda Borelli. Ma l’amor mio tells the story of Elsa Holbein, the … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema of 1913, cinema of Italy, clothing & fashion, diva films, Evlaliya Kadmina, Lyda Borelli, Mario Caserini
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Das Liebes-ABC | The ABC of Love (DE 1916)
Asta Nielsen: great actress, or greatest actress? She’s by far one of my favourite things about the silent era. Much has been written about her vitality, her versatility, and her charisma, so I won’t belabour the point – but it … Continue reading
La Dame Masquée | The Masked Lady (FR 1924)
Incredible visual design is the most salient aspect of La Dame Masquée. The film was produced by the legendary Albatros studio at Montreuil, made up largely of Russian émigrés who fled their country in the wake of the Bolshevik revolution and … Continue reading
100 years ago in Holland: cross-dressing at the seaside, and winter scenes (NL 1914)
This week I’m profiling two films from the Netherlands: Toffe jongens onder de mobilisatie, and Hiver en Hollande, both 1914. Toffe jongens onder de mobilisatie was produced by Filmfabriek Hollandia, the most significant Dutch film production company of the 1910s. Hollandia was founded in … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Bos, cinema of 1914, cinema of France, cinema of the Netherlands, clothing & fashion, cross-dressing
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100 years ago: Amor Pedestre | Love Afoot (IT 1914) … plus bonus football
Recently on European Film Gateway, that goldmine of early cinema, I came across this intriguing short film: The film was directed by Marcel Fabre (Marcel Perez – currently the subject of this Kickstarter), the popular cinematic clown Robinet; he played this … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema of 1914, cinema of Italy, clothing & fashion, Czech cinema, EFG, experimental films, football, Marcel Fabre, Marcel Perez
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That girl is trouble … Nana (FR 1926)
Nana: a woman who brings men to ruin through her vanity and impulsiveness. In his second major production, Renoir adapts Émile Zola’s novel of 1880 with his then-wife Catherine Hessling in the title role. We first meet Nana when she … Continue reading