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Louise Brooks: From Dancer to Showgirl to Scandalous Flapper Icon

Louise Brooks with her sharply bobbed hair is one of the most iconic figures of 1920s cinema and epitomized the

One of three sisters, Norma Talmadge was one of the most popular actresses of silent movies in the 1920s. She

The airship industry effectively died with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, but for 80 or so years previously the dream

I stumbled across this photograph this morning and I’m ghoulishly intrigued by it. The only information I have about it

More and more smokers are becoming social pariahs. They have to stand on the street in the rain outside restaurants,

The forecast heatwave seems to have arrived in full force today and it’s far too hot to actually dance, so

I love the idea of collating images which give a real flavour of what a place was like at a

I should probably point out that this might not be suitable for viewing at work. It’s not terribly risque, but

The Hays Code was introduced in 1930 to regulate the morals of the US motion picture industry and influenced film

I don’t profess to be any kind of historical costume expert, but I do have an interest in vintage fashions

Olga Spessivtseva was one of the foremost Russian ballerinas of the early 20th Century. She traveled the world to rave

Even if you’re not a silent movie buff you’ve probably heard of ‘America’s Sweetheart‘ Mary Pickford. Here are some interesting

John Gilbert ‘The Great Lover’ was one of the few stars of the silent movie era who could rival Rudolph

These couture designs seem to mostly be by French fashion designer Lucien Lelong, who ran a French fashion house from

Ruth St. Denis was one of the pioneering dancers of the early 20th Century who brought exotic Eastern dance to

Ina Claire was best known as a Broadway actress, but she also made movies between 1915 and 1943. She was

Anna Q. Nilsson was a successful silent movie actress in 1920s America. Born in Sweden the enigmatic Q in her

Everything I’ve head about the Klu Klux Klan and their history has just served to reinforce what a vile and