#nita naldi

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Albert Vargas / 1923

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Nita Naldi, Rudolph Valentino, and Natasha Rambova on board the steamer Leviathan in 1925.

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(via Vintage Movie Star Photos: Donald Biddle Keyes)

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Nita Naldi by Edward Thayer Monroe, c. 1921

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American performer Nita Naldi on a vintage postcard

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silent age vamps: nita naldi as miss gina in dr. jeyll & mr. hyde (1920)

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Lady of The Day 🌹 Nita Naldi ❤️

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Propaganda

Nita Naldi (Blood and Sand)—Nita Naldi has been my Silent Movie girlfriend ever since I discovered her five years ago. She was one of the last great Silent Movie vamps and her iconic lipstick style (known as vampire lips) was created for her by Max Factor. Look at that intoxicating mix of sweet softness and sultry elegance. She absolutely floors me every time I see her. She is everything I have ever wanted or wanted to be.

Toshia Mori (The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Blondie Johnson)—i think Toshia Mori is a great example of someone who clearly had the makings and charisma of a star & who its easy to imagine thriving in a less white supremacist system than 20s and 30s hollywood. she began acting in silent movies in the late 20s, and in 1932 was selected as a "WAMPAS Baby Star" which was an annual promotion of promising up-and-coming young actresses by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, becoming the first Asian woman to do so. previous baby stars included Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, and Joan Blondell, and another 1932 honoree was Ginger Rogers. this likely led to her most sizeable role in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (unfortunately a movie with a lot of orientalism going on and white actors in yellowface). she was well received but the studio seemed to lose interest in her career and she largely continued to get bit parts; her last appearance was in a Charlie Chan movie in 1937. she deserved better!!

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Nita Naldi as Elise Van Zile in “Cobra” - 1925

Gown by Adrian

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Nita Naldi listening to opera in 1922 on what looks like some type of radio communicator.

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Nita Naldi and Rudolph Valentino

Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano, no. 887.Photo: Verginio Rebuo, Milano. Nita Naldi and Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand (Fred Niblo, Dorothy Arzner, 1922). Collection: Marlene Pilaete.

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Nita Naldi

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Nita Naldi by Edward Thayer Monroe, 1921