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One Dress a Day Challenge
August: Fantasy and Sci-fi
Metropolis / Brigitte Helm as the Maschinenmensch (robot)
Does this really count as a costume? Is it more of a prosthetic? I'm really not sure how to classify it, but it is definitely iconic--and hugely influential on design in movies ever since.
I found an article with a fascinating description of how the suit was made: "The robot, whose construction took weeks, was made of 'plastic wood', a kneadable substance made of wood, hardening quickly when exposed to the air, allowing itself to be modeled like organic wood. They first took a plaster cast mould of Brigitte Helm from head to toe. Parts resembling a knight’s armour, cut out of Hessian, were covered with 2 mm substance, flattened by means of a kitchen pastry roller. This was then stuck on to the plaster Brigitte Helm, like a shoemaker pulls leather over his block. When the material had hardened, the parts were polished, the contours cut out.... Finally, cellon varnish mixed with solver bronze, and applied with a spray gun, gave the costume its genuinely metallic appearance which even seemed convincing when looked at from close range."
I'm all the more impressed after learning that Brigitte Helm was only eighteen when she played the triple role of the robot, Maria, and "False Maria"! And I love the behind-the-scenes picture of her getting a drink while a hair dryer is applied to the suit.
#metropolis 1927#scifi costumes#brigitte helm#one dress a day challenge#one dress a week challenge#movie costumes#1927 movies#1927 films#silent films#silent era#metropolis#german cinema#german movies#german films
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Movie poster by József Bottlik for the 1927 Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft motion picture Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang.
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Lillian Gish as "Letty” in The Wind, 1927
#lillian gish#1920s#old hollywood#silent era#classic movies#the wind 1927#vintage#silent film#silent movies#golden age of hollywood#vintage fashion#1920s fashion#black and white#photography#photo restoration#horror
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Brigitte Helm - Metropolis (1927)
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Horst Von Harbou - Metropolis (1927)
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THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT | TAYLOR SWIFT
A debrief, a detailed rewinding For the purpose of warning For the sake of reminding As you might all unfortunately recall I had been struck with a case of a restricted humanity Which explains my plea here today of temporary insanity
#taylor swift#tswiftedit#tswiftgif#ttpd#the tortured poets department#clara bow#. hope they make sense#I don't really know what I was trying to make#the clara bow movie is#children of divorce (1927)#flash tw#flashing images
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Horror movies of the 1920s
#horror#horror movies#horror movie#movie#movies#gifs#gif#horror gif#horror gifs#my gif post#my gif#my gifs#horror edit#horroredit#20s horror#nosferatu#nosferatu 1922#the phantom of the opera#the hunchback of notre dame#the cabinet of dr. caligari#the hunchback of notre dame 1923#the hands of orlac#Faust#the unknown 1927#the man who laughs#Cagliostro#Faust 1928#the phantom of the opera 1925#lon chaney#lon Chaney sr
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Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)
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Abel Gance as Saint-Just.
Napoleon 1927.
#movies#1700s#18th century#france#french revolution#napoleon 1927#napoleonic era#abel gance#antoine saint just#saint just
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Your au takes place in the 1920’s. I know your au has rarijack, are there any issues because of them being lesbians or is that not really a problem (the general existence of cadence may have caused people to be more accepting sooner idk)
Not really a problem. This AU's supposed to be fun, it wouldn't be fun having to write 90% of characters and settings as vehemently and violently anti-gay. At the very least, bigotry still exists, but social progress is more similar to the 2010s, where queerness is more normalized.
#but also don't forget that the 1920s was extremely queer#especially in europe and france#so if you're gonna @ me about historical revisionism remember this era was very gay#there were same-sex kisses in movies in 1922 then 1925 then 1927#one of the most popular songs in the 1920s was called “masculine women! feminine men!”#chalk it up to magic existing ig everyone's just more chill#ask me#tana-draws#but yeah it wouldn't be fun to have to navigate rarity and aj's relationship and also have everyone in the town hating them and#trying to keep them seperate under god's watchful eye lest they're condemned to burn in hell forever as sinners
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Behind the scenes of Metropolis (1927)
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ALBERT DIEUDONNÉ (+ vladimir roudenko) AS NAPOLEON
Impossible n'est pas français 📷: napoleon 1927
#not les mis#well.. kind of.. this ones 4 u marius!#Napoleon 1927#Gifset#albert dieudonné#vladimir roudenko#im not a napoleon fanboy but this movie is real good#silent movies#napoleon bonaparte
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Movie poster by an unknown artist for the 1927 First National Pictures release The Gorilla, a film that is now considered lost. The film was based on a 1925 play about a man committing murders while dressed as a gorilla. It was remade in 1930 (also considered lost) and again in 1939. First National Pictures began business as a distribution company in 1917 and starting producing motion pictures in 1924. Warner Brothers aquired control over the studio in 1928, and it was dissolved in 1936.
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Lillian Gish as “Letty” in The Wind, 1927
#lillian gish#1920s#classic movies#old hollywood#silent film#1920s fashion#vintage fashion#vintage#silent era#silent movies#golden age of hollywood#the wind 1927#black and white#photography
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Metropolis - art by Ken Taylor (2013)
#ken taylor#metropolis#movie poster art#20s sci-fi movies#fritz lang#brigitte helm#mondo posters#1927#2013
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Oliver Hardy in Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
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