October 30th, 2007 -- by Bacchus
Woman With Skeleton, Redux
Remember the vintage “woman with skeleton” from last Halloween?
Well, the Stygian depths of my hard drive have spat up another vintage photo featuring the same skeleton prop. This one has been either hand tinted, or Photoshopped to resemble same, but unfortunately whatever editing has been done seems strong to my eye, and has eaten some of the photographic texture:
Larger version here.
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I believe both images are from a publicity shoot for silent film star Theda Bara.
LAS, you beat me to it! I’ve seen both in “Stars of the Silent Screen” photo omnibuses.
So wait, you posted something saying it was probably edited, and the commenters replied with the opposite?
I love your readership.
OK, I want my turn posing with the skeleton. I love a good boner…
Yes, woman is Theda Bara. The movies’ first Sex Goddess or Femme Fatale. A large,cheap Sixties poster made of top image (probably by radical Feminists?) saying:
“He asked me to ‘eat him’ and I did”
The bottom image with pointing finger? Maybe: Now you can go. ??