#vera steadman

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[kayflapper]

Vera Steadman, c. 1920s.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Marie Prevost by Truus, Bob & Jan too! Via Flickr: French postcard by A.N., Paris in the Les vedettes de cinéma, series, no. 1. Photo: Universal Film. Marie Prevost (1898-1937) was an American silent screen actress. Born in Ontario, Canada, as Mary Bickford Dunn, Prevost was still a child when the family moved to the US. First, the Dunn settled in Denver, Colorado, then in Los Angeles. Mary was hired as a secretary but in the meantime she sought work in the cinema environment. Mack Sennett, also of Canadian origin, entrusted her with the role of an exotic "French girl" and inserted her into her Bathing Beauties, with the stage name of Marie Prevost. In 1919, Marie was secretly married to Sonny Gerke, a young man from high society, but the marriage failed after only six months, because Gerke did not have the courage to tell his mother that he had married an actress. Fearful of the bad publicity resulting from a divorce, Marie remained married until 1923, always keeping everyone unaware of her marriage. One of Prevost's first successful films was Love, Honor, and Behave (Richard Jones, Erle Kenton, 1920), alongside another Sennett protégé, George O'Hara. After a series of small roles in which she played the part of the young, innocent sexy girl, in 1921 Marie signed a contract with Universal after getting the attention of Irving Thalberg, who decided to make her a star and organized for her a great advertising hype. He announced that Marie would star in two films, The Moonlight Follies (King Baggot, 1921) and Kissed (KIng Baggot, 1922), and sent her to Coney Island, where the actress publicly burned her bathing suit, signifying the end of her "bathing" days. At Universal, Marie only got light comedy roles. When the contract expired, Jack Warner had her signed for Warner Bros, recognizing $ 1,500 a week. Alongside actor Kenneth Harlan as Tony, Marie played Gloria in The Beautiful and the Damned (Sidney Franklin, 1922), based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's bestseller on two idle spendthrifts who do not know how to cope with money running out. To publicize the film, the production company announced that the actors would get married during filming on the set. The advertising launch worked and the studios were flooded with letters and gifts for the spouses. But when in the Los Angeles Mirror the story of Prevost's earlier secret marriage appeared: "Marie Prevost will become bigamist if she marries Harlan", Warner immediately took charge of the annulment of that marriage, so Harlan and Marie could marry. Despite the bad publicity, The Beautiful and Damned was successful. By consequence, Ernst Lubitsch wanted Marie as a co-host for his film The Marriage Circle (1924), with Adolphe Menjou, Florence Vidor and Monte Blue. Lubitsch said that Prevost was one of the few actresses in Hollywood who knew how to underplay comedy to achieve the maximum effect. At Warner's in the mid-1920s, Prevost would star in comedies and dramas with Harrison Ford [the silent actor], Monte Blue, Matt Moore, Douglas Fairbanks jr., and Harlan. In 1926, after Warner had decided not to prolong the contracts of Harlan and Prevost, the Canadian actress lost her mother - who, in a car with actress Vera Steadman and producer Al Christie - was killed in an accident in Florida. Devastated by her mother's death, but also because of her loos of work, Marie's marriage deteriorated, she began to drink and soon slipped into alcoholism. In 1927, she separated from her second husband, and despite a reconciliation in between, she divorced him altogether in 1929. To overcome the crisis, Prevost threw herself completely at work. After seeing her in The Beautiful and Damned, in 1928 Howard Hughes wanted her to star in The Racket. The two had a brief relationship but Hughes soon left her and Marie fell into a deepening depression. Her last feature film would be The Racket. She began to gain weight and could no longer control either food or alcohol. In 1934 her financial situation became dramatic. To find work again, he faced drastic diets that further weakened her. On January 21, 1937, Marie Prevost died of a heart attack due to malnutrition and acute alcoholism. Her body was found only two days later, due to the continuous and insistent barking of her dachshund dog. A bellhop came into the house and found her lying face down on the bed, legs marked by the dog's teeth, which had tried to wake her by biting her. The funeral at the Memorial Cemetery in Hollywood was paid by Joan Crawford: in addition to Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Beery and Barbara Stanwyck participated. Her poor case prompted the Hollywood community to create in the early 1940s the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital to provide medical care for employees of the television and motion picture industry. Sources: Italian and English Wikipedia, IMDB.

[just-1-scorpio]

Okey. Here is it. When I made the list I mostly just copy pasted the titles and listings from Amazon. I haven't updated this list in a whaile. The list was not updateing in a whaile, so there are probably more newer, and worse retellings. i judged all of them by the first impression.

Academy of Villains: Nyx and Erebus Greek Mythology Retelling by Ever King

Accidental Quarantine : A Hades and Persephone Retelling by Meg Fitz

Andromeda (Star Blood Book 1) by Sofi Aguilera

Asterion: The Court of the Underworld (Book 1) : A Paranormal Greek Gods Romance (The Gods Universe) by Alessa Thorn

Blood of Hercules: A Dark Fantasy Romance of Myth and Power, Perfect for Fans of Greek Mythology and Spicy BookTok Reads, Discover Hercules Reimagined Like Never Before (Villains of Lore Book 1) by Jasmine Mas

Bride of the Sun: A Sacrificial Bride Romance (Icarus & Apollo) (Love of Legends Book 1) by Jes Drew

Carnal Lures: A Psyche and Eros Retelling by Marian Tee

Carnivorous Cupid (ANGRY GREEK GODS Book 1) by Stephanie Rose

Charon's Muse: Mythology With A Twist by MA Destiny

Claimed by Hades: A Paranormal Greek Gods Romance (Of Gods and Fate Book 1) by Jessica Grayson

Courting the Underworld: A cosy retelling of Hades and Persephone featuring female empowerment, puppies and gorgeous illustrations. by Eve Singleton

Cruel Venom Wine (A Witchy Medusa Retelling): Gorgon Sisters Book 1 by Allyssa-desiré Brinker

Cursed by Splendor: A romantasy greek mythology forbidden lovers retelling : Goddesses of Grace, Book 1 by Michelle Moras

Daughter of Sparta (Daughter of Sparta, 1) by Claire Andrews

Divine Dicks and Mortal Pricks: Feminism and humour collide in these outrageously fun new retellings of the Greek myths you know and love – a delightful Christmas gift for 2024 by Walburga Appleseed

Echoes of Olympus: Modern Greek Mythology Retellings for Young Adults: Reimagined Tales of Greek Gods and Heroes in a Contemporary World by Nicholas Creighton

Fae Gods: Underworld Kindle Edition by Philinna Wood

For the Love of Hades: (A Hades and Persephone Retelling) by Freida Kilmari

Forged in Fire: A Greek Mythology Academy Retelling (Academy of Olympus Book 1) by Melody Rose

God of Fire: Greek Myths A New Retelling (Aphrodite & Hephaestus) by Helen Steadman

Hades: A Hades & Persephone Retelling (Standalone) (The IMMORTAL WARRIORS Book 5)

Medusa (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld Book 30) by Gina Kincade and, Erzabet Bishop

Medusa (The Myth of Monsters, 1) by Katherine Marsh

Medusa: Her Story by Cheryl L-G Trent

Medusa: New & Ancient Greek Tales (Myths, Gods & Immortals)

Medusa: The feminist debut that boldly reclaims her monstrous myth by Rosie Hewlett

Medusa's Curse (Monsters of Gods Book 1) by Josslyn Leach

Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J. A. Bear

Meduso: A Greek Mythology Gay Retelling (Book 1 of the Mythologay Series) by B.J. Irons

Myths of the Underworld: Timeless Tales of the Afterlife, Love, Revenge, Fatal Attraction and More from around the World (Includes Stories about Hades and Persephone, Kali, the Shinigami, and More) Paperback by Lindsay Christinee

Of Love and Forge: A Neosphere Novel (Beyond a Contemporary Mythos) by Carly Spade

Passions Of The Gods: A Greek Mythology Romantasy Retelling by Leah Nightingale

Persephone's Tears: A Romance in the Seventh Dimension by Karen Nilsen

Pomegranate by Nicole Scarano

Prometheus' Priestess: A Modern-Day Greek Mythology Retelling by Gwyneth Lesley

Psyche and Eros: A BDSM Dark Romance Fantasy Novella and Other Erotic Myths Retold (An Erotic Retelling of Greek Mythology Bundle) by Delilah Archer, Thalia Singer, Hugo Cadden and, Amanda McCoy

Psyche: Fantasy Romance Greek Mythology (Myths of Olympus) by Anna Sinjin

Savage Impulses (Kings of Olympus U Book 1) by Michelle Hercules

Seeking Hades' Ember: A Greek Mythology Retelling (Under the Moon: God Series Book 1) by Vera Foxx

SERPENTINA by Faith Consiglio

Shadows & Vines (The Reign of Goddesses) by C.D. Britt

Siren Daughter: A Young Adult Romantic Fantasy (Olympian Exiles Book 1) by Cassie Day

Stalk the Moon: a Greek God Romance (Mirrorside Book 1) by Jessica Lynch

Stone Blind: A Novel by Natalie Haynes

Storm Chaser: (Sons of Olympus - Book 1) by Eden Royale

Strife's Apple: A Modern Greek Mythology Fantasy Romance (The New Olympus Book 1) by Shoshana Rain

Taking Medusa: A Greek Myth Monster Retelling (Dark Gods Rising Book 1) by S.M. McCoy, and Sky Robert

Tempting Hades: A Greek God Romance (Myths and Monsters Book 1) by Emma Hamm

The Conquest of Medusa: An Enemies-to-Lovers Retelling by Lynn Yorke

The Curse of Revenge: A Greek Mythology Retelling (Ancient Legends) by Lauren Lee Merewether

The Gifts of Pandora: A retelling of Pandora's myth (Tapestry of Fate Book 1) by Matt Larkin

The Gorgon Bride (Myths of Stone Book 1) by Galen Surlak-Ramsey

The Invisible Goddess: A Mythological Retelling (Myth Reimagined) by A.C. Dawn

The Invisible Goddess: A Mythological Retelling by A.C. Dawn

The Lure of Shadows: A Bound By Shadows Romantasy Novella with Shadow Magic and Greek Mythology by Ophelia Wells Langley, River Bennet

The Olympic Fates Saga: The Duke of Ithaca: A Mythic Regency Romance by J.D. Brubaker

The Princess and the Prophecy: An Apollo and Cassandra Retelling (Fated & Cursed) by Kerri Keberly

The Rape Trial of Medusa by Michael Kasenow

The Soulless Slipper: A Retelling of Persephone and Cinderella (The Fairmyth Chronicles Book 1) by Abigail Manning

The Tragedy of Medusa by H M Roberts

Thief of Spring: A Hades and Persephone Retelling (Part One) (Faeries of the Underworld Duology Book 1) by Katherine Macdonald

Under Bethel (The Under a Shattered Olympus Saga Book 1) by Hubert L. Mullins

Wrath of the Gods: Greek Mythology Romance (Gates of the Underworld Book 1) by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain

I have a list of retellings, that I titled "Trash". I'm too harsh?

Blood of Hercules, Asterion, and a ton of Medusa, and Hades and Pesephone retellings are on it. It has curently 65 books on it, but I'm shure there are a lot more that could go on it, I haven't updated it in a whaile.

Drop the titles. Some terrible retellings might just be the thing to get me out of this awful reading slump. Also curious how many of them I have read already.

[thedabara]

ACTRESSES WHO DIED 1966

Anne Nagel at 50 from liver cancer

Hedda Hopper at 80 from pneumonia

Seena Owen at 71 from illness

Carmelita Geraghty at 65 from heart attack

Ethel Clayton at 82 from heart attack

Vera Steadman at 65 from unknown events

Natacha Rambova at 69 from heart attack

Helen Kane at 62 from cancer

Renate Ewert at 33 from alcoholism

Sophie Tucker at 79 from cancer

[silentdivasblog]

Vera Steadman ❤

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

Loretta Young 1931.

Carole Lombard 1931.

Louise Brooks 1931.

Vera Steadman 1931.

Norma Shearer 1931

[historical-hollywood]

Silent actress Vera Steadman poses in a Georgian-inspired beachwear look, with canine companion at her side, c. 1920s

[tarynisbunhead]

Vera Steadman (1900 - 1966)

Silent film actress.  Her earlier films were with Mack Sennett

https://www.redbubble.com/people/princessbunhead/works/21393223-vera-steadman

[theshadowstage]

Motion Picture News, November 8, 1919. Internet Archive.

[vintagedreamsofsennett]

[kayflapper]

Vera Steadman was an American film actress of the silent era. Steadman was born on June 23, 1900, in Monterey, California. Before she began working in films, Steadman was experienced as a swimmer, high diver, and classic dancer.

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Marie Prevost by Truus, Bob & Jan too! Via Flickr: German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4467/1, 1929-1930. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute. Marie Prevost (1898-1937) was an American silent screen actress. Born in Ontario, Canada, as Mary Bickford Dunn, Prevost was still a child when the family moved to the US. First, the Dunn family settled in Denver, Colorado, then in Los Angeles. Mary was hired as a secretary but in the meantime, she sought work in the cinema. Mack Sennett, also of Canadian origin, entrusted her with the role of an exotic "French girl" and inserted her into his Bathing Beauties, with the stage name of Marie Prevost. In 1919, Marie was secretly married to Sonny Gerke, a young man from high society, but the marriage failed after only six months because Gerke did not have the courage to tell his mother that he had married an actress. Fearful of the bad publicity resulting from a divorce, Marie remained married until 1923, always keeping everyone unaware of her marriage. One of Prevost's first successful films was Love, Honor, and Behave (Richard Jones, Erle Kenton, 1920), alongside another Sennett protégé, George O'Hara. A series of small roles followed in which she played the part of the young, innocent sexy girl. In 1921, Marie signed a contract with Universal after getting the attention of Irving Thalberg. Thalberg decided to make her a star and organized a great advertising hype for her. He announced that Marie would star in two films, The Moonlight Follies (King Baggot, 1921) and Kissed (King Baggot, 1922), and sent her to Coney Island. There the actress publicly burned her bathing suit, signifying the end of her "bathing" days. At Universal, Marie Prevost only got light comedy roles. When the contract expired, Jack Warner had her signed for Warner Bros, recognizing $ 1,500 a week. Alongside actor Kenneth Harlan as Tony, Marie played Gloria in The Beautiful and the Damned (Sidney Franklin, 1922), based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's bestseller on two idle spendthrifts who do not know how to cope with money running out. To publicize the film, the production company announced that the actors would get married during filming on the set. The advertising launch worked and the studios were flooded with letters and gifts for the spouses. But when in the Los Angeles Mirror the story of Prevost's earlier secret marriage appeared: "Marie Prevost will become bigamist if she marries Harlan", Warner immediately took charge of the annulment of that marriage, so Harlan and Marie could marry. Despite the bad publicity, The Beautiful and Damned was successful. By consequence, Ernst Lubitsch wanted Marie as a co-host for his film The Marriage Circle (1924), with Adolphe Menjou, Florence Vidor, and Monte Blue. Lubitsch said that Prevost was one of the few actresses in Hollywood who knew how to underplay comedy to achieve the maximum effect. At Warner's in the mid-1920s, Prevost would star in comedies and dramas with Harrison Ford [the silent actor], Monte Blue, Matt Moore, Douglas Fairbanks jr., and Harlan. In 1926, Warner decided not to prolong the contracts of Harlan and Marie Prevost. The Canadian actress also lost her mother - who, in a car with actress Vera Steadman and producer Al Christie - was killed in an accident in Florida. Devastated by her mother's death and losing her work, Marie's marriage deteriorated, she began to drink and soon slipped into alcoholism. In 1927, she separated from her second husband, and despite a reconciliation in between, she divorced him altogether in 1929. To overcome the crisis, Prevost threw herself completely at work. After seeing her in The Beautiful and Damned, in 1928 Howard Hughes wanted her to star in The Racket. The two had a brief relationship but Hughes soon left her and Marie fell into a deepening depression. The Racket would be her last feature film. She began to gain weight and could no longer control either food or alcohol. In 1934 her financial situation became dramatic. To find work again, he faced drastic diets that further weakened her. In 1937, Marie Prevost died of a heart attack due to malnutrition and acute alcoholism. Her body was found only two days later, due to the continuous and insistent barking of her dachshund dog. A bellhop came into the house and found her lying face down on the bed, legs marked by the teeth of her dog, which had tried to wake her by biting her. The funeral at the Memorial Cemetery in Hollywood was paid for by Joan Crawford: in addition to Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Beery and Barbara Stanwyck participated. Her poor case prompted the Hollywood community to create in the early 1940s the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital to provide medical care for employees of the television and motion picture industry. Sources: Wikipedia (Italian and English) and IMDb. And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.

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Vera Steadman - American Actress ( 1900-1966 )

[thedabara]

ACTRESSES BORN IN 1900

Helen Hayes

Agnes Moorehead

Julanne Johnston

Evelyn Laye

Catherine Hessling

Vera Steadman

Irene Delroy

Jean Arthur

Jeanne Aubert

Eve Southern

[askwhatsforlunch]

Henry Mickleton’s Cucumber Sandwiches

Mrs Gosling: [about the stable boy Mr Gosling eloped with] “Yes sir, that’s the one, Raymond!”

Henry Mickleton: “Mrs Gosling, I’ve told you a hundred times, please don’t call me ‘sir’!”

Mrs Gosling: “Oh yes, of course, I’m sorry, Madam.”

Henry Mickleton: “That’s better. Now, please oblige me by getting rid of this tart and, do you know what I think I fancy?”

Mrs Gosling: “No, Madam. That’s always been a bit of a mystery to me.”

Henry Mickleton: “Some dear little cucumber sandwiches on an eighteenth century plate.”

Mrs Gosling: “Of course, Madam.”

If you haven’t had the chance to listen to Gloomsbury yet, I absolutely recommend it! The BBC Radio programme chronicles the lives of 1920s “bohemians” in a brilliant parody of the Bloombsbury Group. It is just delightful, and as I find inspiration for meals and menus everywhere and anywhere, Henry Mickleton’s (parody of Harold Nicholson, played by Jonathan Coy) obsession with cucumber sandwiches have persuaded me to make those for tea. I normally wouldn’t have, I would have thought them lacking in flavour, and would have favoured crumpets, slathered with butter and Golden Syrup, which also happen to be his wife Vera Sackcloth-Vest’s (parody of Vita Sackville-West, played by Miriam Margolyes) péché mignon! That would have been my loss, surely for they are really good! I made them with Labneh; Henry being a diplomat, I imagine he might have acquired a taste for the velvety texture of the Middle Eastern treat. That’s why these sandwiches are Henry Mickleton's Cucumber Sandwiches, and not Mrs Gosling’s (the couple’s housekeeper, played by Alison Steadman), who most definitely made them, all the while thinking them rather “exotic”, I expect! Jules and I enjoyed these, and crumpets, very much!

Ingredients (makes 8):

1/2 cucumber

1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or coarse sea salt

1/3 cup Labneh

1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

a pinch of salt

a small bunch fresh chives

1 1/2 heaped tablespoon sour cream

4 large slices Soft White Bread

Thoroughly rinse cucumber under cold water. Cut into thin slices, and place in a colander over a large bowl. Sprinkle with fleur de sel, toss gently, and leave for about half an hour. The salt will help realease the moisture from the cucumber.

In a small bowl, combine Labneh, black pepper and salt. Finely chop chives, and add to the bowl. Give a good stir until well-blended. Then, stir in sour cream. Chill in the refrigerator. 

Half an hour before tea, generously spread chives Labneh mixture onto each of the four slices of Bread. 

Gently pat cucumber slices with a paper towel and arrange them onto two of the Bread slices. Top with remaining two Bread slices, pressing gently to close the sandwiches.

Cut each large sandwich diagonally into four triangles. Arrange finger sandwiches onto serving tray or plate, and chill, until serving time.

Serve Henry Mickleton’s Cucumber Sandwiches for Tea, with Mrs Truebody’s Ham and Gruyère Sandwiches, Crumpets and a pot of piping hot tea!