In this test film made at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, NJ, in 1922, actress Mae Murray and others model costumes from the film The Light in the Dark in the first commercial use of 2-color Kodachrome.
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Glamorous Ladies of the Silent Screen
This small collection of photographs covers the extraordinary range of silent film actresses – from the virginal Mary Pickford to the vampish Theda Bara. It’s amazing, though, that women in those days fit into only those two roles – a celluloid view through the eyes of men. Regardless, the silent screen era is unique in the annals of modern entertainment. We’ll never have something quite like it again.
Mary Pickford
Alice White
Anita Page
Barbara Kent
Bebe Daniels
Bessie Love
Clara Bow
Gloria Swanson
Greta Garbo
Lillian Gish
Lilyan Tashman
Mabel Normand
Pina Menichelli
Pola Negri
Theda Bara
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