#nita naldi

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Albert Vargas / 1923

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(via Vintage Movie Star Photos: Donald Biddle Keyes)

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American performer Nita Naldi on a vintage postcard

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

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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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Toshia Mori:

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

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Round 1 Losers Highlights: Nita Naldi

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Italian actress Nita Naldi listening to a fellow Italian singing an operatic selection on the radiophone in a California studio, 1922.

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From United Artists Corp., New York, a French postcard by Europe, no. 197. featuring Rudolph Valentino and Nita Naldi in COBRA (Joseph Henabery, 1925).

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John Barrymore and Martha Mansfield in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1920 🧪

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Here are 10 things you should know about Nita Naldi, born 130 years ago today. She was one of the most memorable cinematic "vamps" of the silent era, though her screen career was brief.