INCLUDED HERE ARE IMAGES OF MOVIE STARS, BATHING BEAUTIES, AND PIN-UPS OF THE 1920s. THE DATE IS A BIT DECEPTIVE SINCE MANY OF THE IMAGES - ESPECIALLY THE MACK SENNETT COMEDIES - DATE TO THE TEENS, AND I DO NOT HAVE ACCURATE DATING FOR MANY IMAGES.
THE LATE TEENS AND EARLY TWENTIES ARE CLOSE ENOUGH IN SPIRIT TO BE INCLUDED TOGETHER. AS YOU MAY READILY SEE IN THE IMAGES, WOMEN OF THE ERA HAD A SPECIAL SENSE OF CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY. FROM THE DRAMATIC LIGHTING AND STYLES AND MELODRAMATIC POSES OF FAMOUS MOVIE STARS TO THE CARE TAKEN IN POSING HANDS AND FEET OF THE PIN-UPS AND TO THEIR WHIMSICAL COSTUMES THERE IS A CAPTIVATING AND PLAYFUL, ALMOST ANTIC, SENSE OF STYLE.
HAIR STYLING DEPARTED DRAMATICALLY FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY, AND EYE MAKE-UP PLAYED A SPECIAL ROLE IN THE MELODRAMATIC AND COMEDIC IMAGES. IN GENERAL, PIN-UPS OF THE TIME WERE POSITIVELY CHASTE BY LATER STANDARDS.
AMONG THE FACE TYPES WHICH WERE POPULAR, I NOTE PARTICULARLY THE RENOIR-TYPES - HARRIET HAMMOND, MARIE PREVOST, MARY THURMOND, AND PHYLLIS HAVER - WITH THEIR SWEET SMILES AND MANY WITH FULLER FACES THAN WE SEE IN TODAY'S ACTRESSES AND MODELS .
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I HAVE JUST ADDED A SELECTION OF FRENCH POSTCARDS OF THE SAME PERIOD.
HERE IS A SMALL SET OF THE LEGENDARY 1920s FRENCH POSTCARDS – SOME OF THE MOST ALLURING PHOTOS EVER TAKEN OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. THEY ARE NOT PORNOGRAPHIC BUT DEFINITELY EROTIC.
THEY ARE, IN GENERAL, FAR MORE DARING THAN THE MAINLY AMERICAN ARCADE CARD PHOTOS WHICH HAVE FEATURED ON THE SITE FROM THE BEGINNING.
CHUCKMAN'S 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY
Friday, May 3, 2019
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Monday, December 31, 2018
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
Monday, October 1, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018
1920s FRENCH POSTCARD - WOMAN LIES BACK ON A SETTEE WITH STYLISHLY BOBBED HAIR - HER EYES ARE ALMOST CLOSED AND HER TRULY BEAUTIFUL FACE LOOKS DOWN TO OUR LEFT - SHE IS DRAPED WITH FILMY MATERIAL FROM HER HIPS DOWN - JUST A LOVELY SLENDERISH FIGURE AND THE PHOTO HAS SUCH A FEELING OF GRACE AND REPOSE
![A FRENCH 03](https://chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/a-french-03.jpg?w=1894)
1920s FRENCH POSTCARD - VERY PRETTY WOMAN WITH A BONNET OF THICK FRIZZY HAIR STANDS IN A NEGLIGEE LEANING WITH ONE ARM ON A HALF-TABLE AND THE OTHER HAND TUGGING AT THE BOTTOM OF HER GARMENT - SHE LOOKS TO OUR LEFT - HER LEGS ARE SIMPLY GRACEFUL BEYOND WORDS
![A FRENCH 01](https://chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/a-french-01.jpg?w=1930)
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Friday, September 21, 2018
1920s FRENCH POSTCARD - HANDSOME WOMAN STANDS PROFILE WITH HEAD TURNED TO LOOK INTO THE CAMERA AND HER HANDS GRACEFULLY CURLED AT HER BARE BREASTS - SHE WEARS A RHINESTONE HEADBAND AND HAS HER HAIR TIGHTLY DONE ALMOST LIKE A BALLERINA - TRULY EXPRESSIVE EYES
1920s FRENCH POSTCARD - WOMAN STANDS WITH HER LOVELY FIGURE TOWARDS THE CAMERA HOLDING A LENGTH OF VEIL WHICH DRAPES ABOUT HER HIPS AND STRETCHES TO SIT ON ONE SHOULDER - SHE LOOKS UP PROFILE TO OUR LEFT - HER PROFILE AND HER THROAT AND BREASTS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY SUPERB
Saturday, September 15, 2018
1920s FRENCH POSTCARD - HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A WOMAN LEANING SIDEWAYS INTO AN ANTIQUE CHAIR - HER HANDS ARE ENTWINED IN FRONT - LONGISH FRIZZY HAIR IS BACK-LIGHTED OVER A LOVELY FACE WITH AN UNWELCOME BIT OF SEVERITY IN HER EXPRESSION - HER GARMENT ALLOWS JUST THE TOP SLOPES OF HER BREASTS TO BE SEEN - A FINE COMPOSITION
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