Cabinet of curiosities & Inspirations since 2009

Cabinet of curiosities & Inspirations since 2009
*I Don’t Own the Rights to These Photos*

25 juin 2010

Alfred Cheney Johnston & The Ziegfeld girls





Frieda Mierse, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1932 par …trialsanderrors




Barbara Stanwyck, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1924 par …trialsanderrors

Future Hollywood star Barbara Stanwyck

Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston "between 1920 and 1930",
but more likely between 1922 (when Stanwyck,
aged 15 and still named Ruby Stevens, became a Ziegfeld Girl),
and 1926 (when she moved on to greater things).



Claudia Dell, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928 par …trialsanderrors

Claudia Dell, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928 par …trialsanderrors


Claudia Dell, Ziegfeld girl,1928


Alfred Cheney Johnston: Cigarette advertisement, 1933 par …trialsanderrors



Ruby Keeler, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1929 par …trialsanderrors


Future Hollywood star Ruby Keeler, Ziegfeld girl,1929



Muriel Finlay, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928 par …trialsanderrors

Muriel Finlay, Ziegfeld girl 1928



Mary Eaton by Bain News Service, ca. 1920 par …trialsanderrors


Mary Eaton 1920


Lillian and Dorothy Gish by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1920 par …trialsanderrors

Lillian and Dorothy Gish by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1920 par …trialsanderrors

Lillian and Dorothy Gish 1920




Helen and Dolores Costello, Ziegfeld girls, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1930 par …trialsanderrors



Helen and Dolores Costello, Ziegfeld girls, 1930





Jeanne Eagels, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1923 par …trialsanderrors

Jeanne Eagels, Ziegfeld girl, 1923

" She talked fast and gestured with her hands. Few knew or understood her. She was explosive, mercurial, neurotic, loyal, generous, and sweet. She usually ignored all except the humblest members of her company. She hated most managers, interviews, movies, gossip, autograph seekers, night clubs, and Actors Equity. She liked dogs, auction sales, dill pickles, and ice cream with cherries. Her philosophy was Never deny. Never explain. Say nothing and become a legend. The cause of her untimely death at the age of 35 [in 1929] was never clearly established, but pathology reports focused on the cumulative effects of alcohol or drug abuse."



Mary Pickford by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920 par …trialsanderrors

Mary Pickford Hollywood Actress

Co-founder of the United Artists Studios 1920


Dorothy Wegman, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1925 par …trialsanderrors


Dorothy Wegman, Ziegfeld girl,1925


Mary Eaton, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1921 par …trialsanderrors


Mary Eaton, Ziegfeld girl, 1921


Hazel Forbes, Ziegfeld girl & Miss United States, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928 par …trialsanderrors


Hazel Forbes (nee Hazel Froidevoux), Miss Long Island,
Miss United States 1926 (at age 16), Ziegfeld girl, actress, dancer and millionairess.


Marion Davies, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1924 par …trialsanderrors

Marion Davies , Ziegfeld girl, Hollywood actress 1924



Dolores Costello, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1923 par …trialsanderrors

Dolores Costello , Ziegfeld girl, "goddess of the silent screen"
and Drew Barrymore's grandmother 1923



Muriel Finlay, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928 par …trialsanderrors


Muriel Finlay, Ziegfeld girl,1928

Adrienne Ames. par carbonated



london bridge. par carbonated



Follies. par carbonated



Hazel Forbes. par carbonated



hold on. par carbonated

Muriel Finlay


dual coverups. par carbonated




lace fan. par carbonated




sausage curls. par carbonated




that's a long shawl she's got. par carbonated




Dolores, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1920 par …trialsanderrors



Kay English, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1929 par …trialsanderrors


Kay English, Ziegfeld girl, 1929



Alfred Cheney Johnston: Ziegfeld girls, ca. 1928 par …trialsanderrors



Ziegfeld Girls par Suzee Que




Drucilla Strain, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1929 par …trialsanderrors

Drucilla Strain, Ziegfeld girl, 1929



Ziegfeld Girls par Suzee Que



the bird is divebombing. par carbonated

Drucilla Strain. par carbonated



Dorothy Dickson. par carbonated

Dorothy Dickson


that hanky's 'bout to drop. par carbonated

Helen Morgan in her gown for 'Showboat"


Corrine Griffith. par carbonated



Ziegfeld Girls par Suzee Que




in sepia. par carbonated




3-Quarter Moon in a Sheer Nightie par M. Veen