Josephine Baker in her Follies Bergeres “pearl and feather costume.”
A classic image of “la Josephine” in her famous Follies Bergeres pearls and feathers costume. This image was on the 1927 program for the Follies, and it is quite likely that she either posed for this or sketches were made from life for it.
Although this poster for a Carnival evening promotes an appearance by Edith Heinemann, the master violinist, artist Ernst Böhm instead chose to illustrate a stylized masked harlequin. Heinemann, more widely known by her maiden name Lorand, was a Berlin-based violin virtuoso whose 20-year career on the Viennese stage endeared her with the titles of “Queen of the Waltz” and the “Female John Strauss”.
It was the Jazz Age and Paramount Movies hyped their new production as the story of an ambitious immigrant youth and a millionaires daughter, living among Manhattan’s nightclubs, gunmen, and peacock women. Ricardo Cortez starred and William Powell was in the supporting cast. This amazing Swedish poster captures the Art Deco feel of the era, from the font of the title to the cluster of skyscrapers with high stepping flappers dancing to the sounds of jazz.
Joseph Fenneker (1895-1956) was a well-known German born expressionist artist who began by designing film posters for the film theater Marmorhaus. He was prolific and created a specific look and feel that draws an audience. He began stage design at a young age and his popularity soared throughout the 1930s through the 1950s. This gorgeous poster was created for a young German dancer, Hilde Arndt, who would also star in several early silent films.
Austin Reed was a British fashion retailer founded in 1900. Both stylish and classic, it represents a well-dressed man.
