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Studio and beach 1927 CB2720 Costume White with black trim fish pattern skirted maillot. Cape. Heels. Purse. Valise, newspaper. TL. Cleavage. Armpits. Actions Bow poses in a studio set, in these pictures she wears cape, a belt on the maillot, and short heels (1 with indicia and 2 without). And without the cape (3). She changes her shoes and sits (4 with indicia and 5 without), then displays her armpits (6). Bow frequently models the same swimsuit over a series of shoots, perhaps because it is a signature piece from a current movie. In what looks to be an exterior, she sits on a dock pier, opens a case, and powers her cheek (7 with Ross Verlang mark and 8 without). She reads the paper (9) and stretches (10, 11). Back in a studio she poses the swimsuit again, only this time holding a jacket, hat and purse and wearing sandals, but conspicuously absent a belt (12, 13, 14). Aside from the skirt, the maillot fully reveals her figure. Commentary The "fish maillot," as this is sometimes labeled, is a skirted maillot, but also one which is thin and décolletage. It is worn with a without a belt. The different shoes and locations suggest some different days of shooting. Source Paramount pictures, possibly Red Hair, Paramount, shot in 1927 and released early 1928. AliceJapan at flickr.com attributes these to Eugene Robert Richee, photographer. Sources include Daniel Blum, A Pictorial History of the Talkies, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1958, p. 310. Other sources include chickeyonthego flickr.com. The image from phheww flickr.com has the [Paramount] number 686-49 written in the lower right. The picture sitting on the dock pole is from is from clarabow.net and may be a Ross Verlang card. Another photo from this series is from glamoursplash.com and is attributed to Vanity Fair, 1928. The download from poppy1auctions, ebay.com, contains a number PGP-9621 lower right. A download from glamoursplash contains the number PGP4619. Source splprints.com credits this to the film Red Hair. 14 pictures. |
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