Hollywood Stills from 1914-1932

[lizylou]

I couldn't find a thread like this, but incase there is and I totally missed it, here are some great Hollywood photo stills I found on Flickr!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowwhite/sets/983962/

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Those are great....Can you give us more information on where they came from?

 

[lizylou]

Well, all I know really is that the woman's grandfather came from Illinois moved to Hollywood and used to take photo stills for them during 1914-1932 and owned a photo studio. She was only 13 when he past away. She found these pictures not to long ago, aren't they beautiful.! I hope that answers your question. If not I can ask her any questions you may have.

 

[glamour-girl]

amazing, thanks for sharing.
this one is my favorite;

 

[lizylou]

She is beautiful! I can't paste the photo at this moment, but I love the one where a man is doing a hand-stand on a wall, while at the same time he is kisses a girl. It looks so easy for him. I know its on page three.

 

[carter]

WONDERFUL! May I post a few?

I think this location was used in a film with Kirk Douglas. Does anyone know the name of that film?

Revenge of Monty Python?

Who is this? (Viewers on the site said it's not Harry Langdon.)

Sergeant Preston?

Mary Miles Minter - Lovely

Mary Pickford - can men swoon?

Bert Lahr, Lucille Ball, Dick Powell and Virginia O'Brien

A Gatsby, a Western and a Boater - hat trifecta

Tom Mix

Mary Pickford and Dougles Fairbanks

 

[carter]

lizylou, thanks for this thread. I LOVE it!

Fred A. Edgeworth, the grandfather of the lady who posted these images on Flickr. Great Photo!

Fred Edgeworth on a Western backlot

Andy Gump

Greer Garson

Jack Dempsey

Which of these ladies may have had some ballet training?

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at Pickfair

 

[just_me]

Some of these pictures had me wondering, why was the riding breeches and boots/gaiters look popular with directors in Hollywood?

 

[Doctor Strange]

I believe it was Cecil B. De Mille who started that look back in the teens, and it was widely copied as the standard wardrobe for directors.

 

[just_me]

I believe it was Cecil B. De Mille who started that look back in the teens, and it was widely copied as the standard wardrobe for directors.

I wonder if he thought it gave him a more authoritarian look because of the connection of the style to the military.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Perhaps, but he was also clearly a man of the theater!

Found on answers.com (one of many hits on a Google search for "De Mille breeches"):
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The Man Who Founded Hollywood

DeMille was not the first person to ever shoot a film in Hollywood, but when he arrived in late 1913, he decided to stay. The southern California climate was perfect for motion picture making, because even the indoor scenes could be shot outside on sets with three walls and no ceilings, since plenty of sun and not much rain let the crews shoot without having to set up lights, a huge savings in time and money. The barn on the corner of Vine Street in which DeMille set up shop would soon be the world headquarters for Paramount Studios; but at the moment they were sharing facilities with a stable of horses, and things did not always smell nice around the studio.

DeMille was the consummate showman from the start and not only in the movies. Writing in World Film Directors, Philip Kemp speaks about DeMille's making of the image of the Hollywood Filmmaker: "To direct his first movie, DeMille adopted a distinctive costume which he retained largely unaltered throughout his working career and which came to represent the publicly accepted image of an old-style movie director: open-necked shirt, riding breeches, boots and puttees along with a riding-crop, a large megaphone, and a whistle on a neck-chord. Charges of theatricality were met with pained denial from DeMille who always insisted that his garb was strictly functional … but his costume also undoubtedly reflected his favorite self-image - the movie director as bold and masterful adventurer, intrepid pioneer and empire-builder."

 

[Fletch]

With a g/d RIDING CROP. I vote authoritarian.

 

[HadleyH]

Cecil B.DeMille Hollywood Pioneer

... even without the riding crop i vote authoritarian!

With a g/d RIDING CROP. I vote authoritarian.

 

[Fletch]

"I was wearing a light meter on my belt, which was the style at the time..."

 

[The Wolf]

What wonderful photos.
was there a live action movie of the Gumps? The make up is perfect.


Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[lizylou]

... even without the riding crop i vote authoritarian!

Seems like the guys in this photo were going for the same look![huh] But for some reason they don't look as distinguished.

 

[Beowulf67]

Very nice photos. Thanks. :eusa_clap

 

[carter]

The Essex Jacket that Pendleton is offering this year is remniscent of the jacket worn by Cecil B. DeMille in the photo. No flaps on breast pockets but similar style.

 

[lizylou]

Beautiful coat!! I like the double pockets!

 

[carter]

Beautiful coat!! I like the double pockets!

$198.00 at Pendleton-usa.com

http://www.pendleton-usa.com/jump.jsp?itemID=2711&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1,2,5,125&iProductID=2711