There were some images stored on my pc from the lovely Yvon de Carlo and George Brent for the movie Slave Girl (1947) The photographer who took these remains unknown to me.
Lina Cavalieri
1874 – 1944 Lina Cavalieri was born on Christmas Day at Rieti, some 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Rome.She lost her parents at the age of fifteen and became a ward of the state, sent to live in a Roman Catholic orphanage. At a young age, she made her way…
Nativa Richard
Nativa Richard was the muse for her husband, photographer Yva Richard, who’s name was deducted from Natyva. (It is believed the name for Yva Richard’s Company was inspired by Nativa, who’s real name was Natyva. ) She was a seamstress and most likely responsible for the idea of creating and…
Louise Weber & Nina Pattes
Lovely ladies partying, photographed by Achille Delmaet. The models are Louise Weber and Nina Pattes. Louise Weber was a French can-can dancer who performed under the stage name of La Goulue (“the glutton”). She also was referred to as the Queen of Montmartre.
Miss Fernande
Fernande Barrey about 1908 left her native Picardy to Paris, where she began to make a living as a prostitute. She then became the model for many painters and photographers, including Jean Agélou, Amedeo Modigliani and Chaim Soutine, who persuaded her to study painting and art history at the School…
The moving life of Mata Hari
Promiscuous, flirtatious, and openly flaunting her body……..Mata Hari (1876 – 1917) captivated her audiences and was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet on 13 March 1905. She became the long-time mistress of the millionaire Lyon industrialist Émile Étienne Guimet, who had founded the…