#olga baclanova

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Josephine Baker (The Siren of the Tropics, ZouZou)— Josephine Baker was an American born actress, singer, and utter icon of the period, creating the 1920s banana skirt look. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion film. She fought in the French resistance in WWII, given a Legion of Honour, as well as refusing to perform in segregated theatres in the US. She was bisexual, a fighter, and overall an absolutely incredible woman as well as being extremely attractive.

Olga Baclanova (The Man Who Laughs, Freaks, The Docks of New York)—no propaganda submitted

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[additional propaganda submitted under the cut. The famous banana skirt is mildly NSFW and may make some people uncomfortable, but is included here for its historical significance.]

Josephine Baker:

Black, American-born, French dancer and singer. Phenomenal sensation, took music-halls by storm. Famous in the silent film era.

Let's talk La Revue Negre, Shuffle Along. The iconique banana outfit? But also getting a Croix de Guerre and full military honors at burial in Paris due to working with the Resistance.

She exuded sex, was a beautiful dancer, vivacious, and her silliness and humor added to her attractiveness. She looked just as good in drag too.

So I know she was more famous for other stuff than movies and her movies weren’t Hollywood but my first exposure to her was in her films so I’ve always thought of her as a film actress first and foremost. Also she was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture so I think that warrants an entry

Iconic! Just look up anything about her life. She was a fascinating woman.

Olga Baclanova:

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Conrad Veidt and Olga Baclanova in The Man Who Laughs (1928).

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REPO! The Genetic Opera but it’s a silent film from 1928

Pavi Largo - Conrad Veidt

Blind Mag - Theda Bara

Graverobber - Arthur Edmund Carewe

Luigi Largo - Lon Chaney

Amber Sweet - Olga Baclanova

Shilo Wallace - Marceline Day

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We are proud to be co-presenting Victor Schertzinger’s "Forgotten Faces" (1928) at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s Day of Silents, Saturday, December 2 at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. FNF prez Eddie Muller will be introducing the film.

Heliotrope Harry (Clive Brook) and Froggy (William Powell) are partners in crime—genteel armed robbery—at least until the cuckolded Harry commits an even bigger offense. Before Harry goes to prison, he leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a wealthy couple to keep her out of the clutches of his no-good wife Lilly (Olga Baclanova) and tasks Froggy with keeping close tabs. But Froggy is no match for Lill. Live musical accompaniment will be performed by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble. Tickets are available at the SFSFF’s website https://silentfilm.org/ados-2023-schedule/

Please use promocode NOIR to receive $2 off the cost of your ticket. While you’re there be sure to check out the other five screenings on the schedule.

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f r e a k s, 1932 🎬 dir. tod browning 'We accept her, one of us. We accept her, one of us. Gooble-gobble, gooble-gobble.'

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The Man Who Laughs

directed by Paul Leni, 1928

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Russian actress Olga Baclanova on a vintage postcard

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Olga Baklanova (August 19, 1893 – September 6, 1974)

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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1

Françoise Rosay: Salammbô in Salammbô (1917 Paris); Télaïre in Castor et Pollux (1918 Paris); Thaïs in Thaïs (1918 Paris)

Olga Baclanova: Lysistrata in Lysistrata (1925 Broadway and National Tour US); Grusinskaya in Grand Hotel (1932 San Fransisco); Madame Daruschka in Claudia (1942 Broadway)

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Françoise Rosay:

Olga Baclanova:

literally words cannot describe how in love with her I am. russian tigress, exotic blonde goddess, from the moment I saw her I wanted to have her so badly. vibrating with desire every time I look at her

She looks like Madonna!

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Conrad Veidt-Olga Baclanova "El hombre que rie" (The man who laughs) 1928, de Paul Leni.

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The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)

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“A Russian is like no other creature in the world. Because they look Western, white-skinned, Christian and all that, one forgets that they are heathen barbarians descended from the Tartars and the Slavs … There was nothing wrong with Olga’s Russian; there was nothing wrong with her English. The two just met head on and their collision sounded like the clinking of jewelry – heavy jewelry. I met her in 1964 and she was an old woman, though full of huge, lumpen bursts of energy, at which her wrists of many bracelets jangled ferociously, and her little dog barked and made the conversation incomprehensible. She was blonde and big boned with large eyes and a large red mouth … and with her large wrists made for large baubles, she looked – well, she would have been exotic had she come from Kansas, but, coming from Russia one expected “exotic”, so “strange” would be the word. She was never a conventional beauty even back in the twenties. She was always too large in every respect, both physically and emotionally. Onscreen, especially in her silent films, she played vamps, cruel ones, man-eaters, the kind who rested their hands on their hips as they threw back their heads and opened wide their mouths to make their laughter at the expense of the broken man even harsher … As I say, there are different sorts of Russians, but her sort makes you suffer through all the rest. After the orgy, there’s balalaika and tears and regrets and snoring sleep, and the snow and the people in it sobering up, laughing like the howling wind. Olga was one of those.”

Film historian John Kobal recalling his encounter with “Russian Tigress” Olga Baclanova in his 1986 book People Will Talk reads like a Diane Arbus photo come to life. Baclanova (née Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova, 19 August 1893 - 6 September 1974) was born on this day 130 years ago. Her appearance in Tod Browning’s 1932 horror shocker Freaks ensures Baclanova immortality.

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f r e a k s, 1932 🎬 dir. tod browning 'Cleopatra and Hercules Parade Hans Around Like a Child'

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Olga Banclanova ❤️