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Hollywood, California 1928 LB2810 Costume Halter and shorts with dangling cloth. Flower in hair. TML. N-3. Bellage. Armpit. Bare feet. Actions Louise Brooks rises up on her toes next to a shadow of a giant wheel (1). Commentary Brooks is no stranger to nudity, having danced nude for George White's Scandals in 1922 and then modeling nude for Alfred Cheney Johnston while working as a feature dancer for the Ziegfeld Follies in 1925 (LB2514). She signs a contract with Paramount that same year and begins a career in the movies. This image, featuring what today we would call a bikini cut, is believed to be from her Paramount movie days. Source Attributed to Movie Humor, 1928, from Charles B. Warwick, Scrapbook Collection, Vols I-V, 1928-1933. Purchased from Mark Gabor, 2004. 1 picture. |
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