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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair

@vitaphonezone.bsky.social

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Writer and film history researcher focusing especially on the silent/pre-Code eras (and the overlooked faces within). I talk a lot about Jean Harlow. linktr.ee/vitaphonezone

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · Jul 6

I wrote a bit about June Harlow, a 1950s burlesque queen and film hopeful who built a solid career based partially off her resemblance to her ‘aunt’ Jean Harlow—showing that being a fake Nepo Niece can carry you pretty far. open.substack.com/pub/vitaphon...

June, not Jean: Harlow's Nicest 'Niece'

A particularly relevant and refreshingly inarguable fact about Jean Harlow is that she was an only child.

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 1d

Some midweek glam 🍸
Robe du soir, Jeanne Lanvin, 1933-34, via Palais Galliera, Paris.

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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 23h

Street Angel (1928). #SilentFilm

Intertitle from 1928 film ‘Street Angel’ which reads "Love will find you, never fear! No
woman escapes!"

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 2d

One of my own favorite pieces for anyone with a question mark over their head about Jean Lorraine: bsky.app/profile/vita...

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · Jan 3

Finally finished the Sisyphean task of compiling my longest (and my favorite) piece to date, a labor of love that details the tumultuous life and career of silent actress Jean Lorraine—well, the first of three. It’s a lot. vitaphonezone.home.blog/2024/01/03/t...

The Vanishing Act of Jean Lorraine

I know what you’re thinking--God, doesn’t this chick talk about any movie besides The Wild Party? Yeah, well, sorry. An Adrienne Doré fan like myself is bound to pick up on other obscure names ...

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 2d

Jean Lorraine, Clara Bow, and Adrienne Doré in an Otto Dyar publicity portrait for The Wild Party (1929) featured on a French cigarette card:

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite photo of birthday boy Groucho, photographed by Ted Allan for A Day at the Races (1937). A good reminder not to take anything too seriously today.

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 5d

It is her season.

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 5d

Ruth Chatterton looking as cool as ever in dark sunglasses on the set of The Right to Love (1930) with director Richard Wallace at camera (from Photoplay, February 1931)

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 9d

I have decided to embrace the full ridiculousness of my pen and married names together for some much needed fun.

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 9d

Oh God, going on my watchlist

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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 12d

CARNIVAL OF SOULS - Premiered in its hometown of Lawrence, Kansas this day in 1962 - Japanese release poster

a screaming woman is surrounded by pasty-faced ghouls, in the distance is a desolate pavilion

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 9d

It’s fine. I’d watch an even worse film because I deeply understand the laundress Loren/anarchist Newman dynamic here.

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 9d

The worst movie with the hottest people in it.

Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 10d

"Lady L" (1965)
Paul Newman and Sophia Loren

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 11d

egyptian theater, ogden, utah, 1991

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 10d

Partial to this pose as well (and its press caption). “Ida dearly loves to don outlandish makeup, and fairly shrieks ‘Isn't it wonderful!’ whenever someone says she looks horrible.”

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 10d

I love the motion blur of Ida Lupino’s earrings in this publicity portrait for The Light That Failed (1939).

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 15d

Swedish poster for the lost Clara Bow movie RED HAIR (1928)

Poster features a painting of Clara Bow with a huge mass of red hair erupting from her head.

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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · 14d

Ida Lupino getting a different flavor of glamour treatment from photographer Scotty Welbourne in a promo for “They Drive By Night” (1940)

Lupino, made up to look drab and dreary, poses for a studio photo with a distorted expression on her face.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 18d

Motion Picture magazine, March 1931.

Speaking of Mr. Hays reminds us that he's after the boys who give pictures sexy titles. Even Will knows how disappointing it is to see a picture that isn't half so hot as its title.

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 17d

This is not a perfect or great film but it’s gorgeous, and especially entertaining if you approach it from the angle of John Wayne talking to his imaginary girlfriend (or read about Mitchum getting kicked off it for various apocryphal reasons). CinemaScope baby!! (Joe Strummer voice) Lauren Bacall!!

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 17d

Blood Alley (1955) dir. William A. Wellman

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 18d

Lobby card for the Marx Brothers comedy MONKEY BUSINESS (1931)

Lobby card features a photo of Groucho Marx in ecstasy as nubile young ladies surround him.

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 21d

The wedding portraits run a close second, sorry. Watch Glorious Betsy (1928).

Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 21d

My favorite portraits of today’s classic film birthday girl, Dolores Costello, photographed by John Ellis in all her dazzlingly expressive glory, 1924:

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Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com) @pre-code.com · 21d

Anyone in LA, the UCLA Film and Television Archive is showing BLONDE VENUS on the 21st. I also hope if you live in LA you know how freaking lucky you guys are, geez.

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 21d

Me as hell