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All the wind last night killed the electricity supply — a good excuse to break out the hurricane lamps and candles! Luckily the camera still had enough power to run off a few shots before I got to eat my supper! Lit mostly with the candle and hurricane lamp, I had to break out the off-camera flash for a bit of extra light — the neighbours probably thought I was letting off indoor fireworks! Decorated the scene with a few fallen leaves to represent the wind! #powercut #gales #hurricanelamp #candlelight #strobist #soup #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #autumn2013 #oxfordshire
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The thing about fog is how it softens the ugly and brightens the beautiful, gives nothing but good emotion to lonely places most deserving. I've never liked to know too much about what's next, there's this paralyzing force of anticipation that does me no good. The brand of anxiety I've got prefers a vanishing point, a destination out of sight. It reminds me of playing video games in the 90s, when computing power limited draw distance. There was always a mist out there on the horizon, a world waiting to load, calling you closer before all was revealed. Now, even though technology gives everything away, I still look at life within the render. All I want to see is in reach, close on the sides and secret. While the big picture whirls out of all size and perspective, I look for a little one that never makes the news or history books. Ordinary stories, like the one I'm living, the tale I'm telling now.
April 5, 2021
Kings County, Nova Scotia
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More baking fun this wild and windy autumn afternoon. Two different sizes of cupcake and two-tone chocolate and coffee icings. Decided to colour tone with a complementary blend of pink rosebuds and azure espresso cups to contrast with the rich luscious browns of the chocolate. Very minimally processed in Snapseed to warm the image a little and slightly increase contrast. #desertporn #cupcakes #chocolate #chocolateporn #coffee #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #autumn2013 #ig_captures #bakingporn #baking #greatbritishbakeoff #ketsourinemacarons
This shot started out very differently and got changed half-way through — I was really pleased with the results. The light was so lovely that I wanted very minimal processing to preserve its quality and tone. #cheese #physalis #niftyfifty #foodphotography #foodstyles_gf #foodartstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots_ #uk_potd #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts #ig_capture #ketsourinemacarons #jj_food #honey #oxfordshire #uk
“NO, THIS NOT a scene from the movie 2001, but an artist’s conception of what a Boeing - built spaceport might look like, when and if such a structure becomes a reality. Boeing Aerospace Co. is studying this “versatile operations base in space” under terms of a $400,000, year-long contract with NASA. Geared to the flights of the space shuttle (shown upper left), the space station would orbit about 250 miles above the Earth. It would have mainly operational, rather than scientific, functions. A crew of four could man the spaceport by the late 1980s, officials said. – Drawing by John J. Olson.”
Due to its larger size (8.625" x 11"), along with being on Kodak paper, I'm pretty sure this was part of some polished, professional Boeing presentation portfolio/packet.
Exquisite detail and a masterful depiction of multiple geometric perspectives, shadows/shading…you name it…a walk-in-the-park for John J. Olson. Gratifying to see him called out in the description/caption. The man – not just the artist – was most deserving of it:
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Credit: 398th Bomb Group Memorial Association website
annnnddd, still looks stonedXD lol oh well.
This week, ladies, you will have a Bonus theme! Confessionals! It is optional, but I recommend you do it anyways because it will definitely be a big plus sign in your favor when it comes down to elimination time! I want you look look very simple, lots of sweet, pastel colors. Your name, age and city also has to be on there. In the description, you can say whatever you want. What it's like in the house, who aer your friends/enemies, etc. But you also need to tell me who YOU think is the MOST DESERVING to stay, and the LEAST DESERVING to stay. Neither of them can be yourself. Deadline for this is the same as the main theme, December 6th! No later!!!
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Yesterday Luke and I celebrated the adoption of a sweet little girl by the most deserving family. It was a beautiful thing as family friends, Laurie and Jeff have been down a long hard road to find that perfect child to complete their family. I took pictures of the party. i had every intention of choosing one for my 365 and uploading before my and the hub left for a night out with friends BUT Luke woke up from his nap a complete mess and it just didnt happen.. so instead i had to upload an iphone photo from a bar:/ oh well, mama said there'd be days like this! so to make up for it, i took this one later at said bar and here it is!
The smaller the fungi gets, the more interesting it is! We're down to a few mm across here, nestling amongst the emerald-green moss. #sonningcommon #ukwoods #oxfordshire #uk #woodlands #mushroom #toadstools #fungus #fungi #fungusamongus #groovy_shrooms #mushroomspotting #mushroomsociety #fungifreak #mycology #macro #irox_macro #instanaturelover #most_deserving #photowall #_all_shots #uk_photooftheday #dofaddicts #extensiontubes #markmakingdesign #greenfriday
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Adapted from a recipe by Nigella Lawson, featuring chocolate, cream and, bizarrely, marsh mallows. The result, though, is superb — a smooth, indulgent, creamy consistency and surprisingly light. Served in dinky little espresso cups, perfect for photography. Back-lit high-key shot, with natural window light gives a lovely airy feel to the shot and combines really well with a shallow depth of field. Again, from the camera's metering point of view, the shot is over-exposed, as the camera meter really can't cope with this sort of lighting. I set up the camera, on a tripod, connected to a TV as a monitor and compose and focus (manually) the shot using the camera's 'live view' function. This allows me time to tweak the composition, whilst looking at a TV screen, rather than the camera's tiny LCD (it's necessary to set the camera's auto-power off to off or 30 mins or so). Exposure set on manual, I dial in the aperture I want — in this case, for a shallow depth of field, F2.5 (stopped down a little to reduce chromatic aberration (nasty purple highlights) from the cheaper Canon 50mm F1.8). I then set whatever shutter speed is required to bring the exposure up to what looks right, eyeballing it for the most part, I've learnt how the particular TV screen affects what the final shot will look like. In this case, a shutter speed of 1/8 sec was required. You have to be careful on a day with cloud and sun, as the natural light levels are constantly fluctuating. #mm_tips #puddingporn #dessertporn #chocolateporn #chocolate #chocolatepots #nigella #nigellarecipe #chocolates #highkey #foodphotography #pudding #foodstyles_gf #still_life #stilllife #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #niftyfifty #bokeh #dofaddicts
A good Spring pudding, light zingy and refreshing, the lemon and raspberry offsetting the richness of the cream. Shot in the 'high-key' style, agains a strongly backlit background which lights up the glasses and ties in with the freshness theme. Overexposed by nearly 2 stops, plus a shallow depth of field, to throw the background into lightness and blur. #pudding #dessert #puddingporn #dessertporn #lemonmousse #raspberries #blueberries #highkey #high_key #stilllife #still_life #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #spring #blossom #blackthorn
I tried to find more information of this cutting near Diapur in Victoria.This was the best I could doRAILWAY PICK AND SHOVEL
WORK
VERY LITTLE AVAlLABLE.
Since the announcement was made that the
Government intended to proceed with railway
construction, numbers of laboring men have
been presenting themselves daily at the
Spencer street offices, asking for employment
at pick and shovel work. On inquiry
we find that it is useless for
men to expect work on the
railways until the construction of new lines
has been authorised. Some sixty have been
engaged for regrading operations on the
Great Southern line, but they will only have
employment for a few weeks. Nearly two
thousand names have been registered, and
when further work is available the most
deserving cases will first be considered.
There are about 300 men engaged on the
formations of the line from Wycheproof to
Sea Lake, and the department will be able
to keep them going until early in January.
In order to ensure the support of
the families of men taken on by the
department, a percentage of their earnings
Is retained by the Engineer-in-Chief's
branch, and handed over to their wives.
This condition has to be agreed to before the
men are engaged, and was initiated on ac
count of the squandering propensities of
many of the men, who used to spend all
their money in drink at the country shanties,
the families being left to starve.
Excellent progress Is being made with the
surveys of the railway front Cunningham to
Orbost, and other lines, so that work can be
commeced without delay, as soon as they
are sanctioned by Parliament..
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Yesterday was the 'after' shot, here's the before, with a selection of ingredients that went into the delicious chocolatey gooey brownies. Shallow depth of field, and back-lit, with a slight touch of vintage, curtesy of #SnapSeed. This shot, and yesterday's, were taken with a polarising filter, adjusted to kill a lot of the reflected highlights in the shot — allowing, for instance, the cloth to show through the glass lid and concentrating the deep browns of the chocolate pieces. #chocolate #brownies #chocolateporn #foodporn #baking #homemade #chocolatebrownies #stilllife #still_life #most_deserving #icatching #bd #markmakingdesign #uk #dofaddicts #dofaddicts
Objects and lighting chosen to to ally blend in, as well as themed around 'things that might be found inside an old barn'. Featuring another of my many (but never enough) old oil lamps — this one is an old mining lamp, of the 'Davy Lamp' type. First time I've ever dared light it, not sure it's terribly safe! Scene is lit almost entirely by the Davy lamp, with just a little ambient from the room. After a bit of fiddling, decided to take a three-shot bracketed exposure, (F2 increments) and HDR combine them, on my iPad, in 'Mobile HDR' which did a pretty good job. Finished processing in Snapseed. #stilllife #still_life #dairy #sackweight #iron #warmtones #fiftyshadesoforange #oillamp #davylamp #mininglamp #minerslamp #markmakingdesign #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #hessian #seeds #hdr #hdrphoto #snapseed #canon60d #oxfordshire #uk
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, January 2014
A gold bracelet of the kind that Egyptian kings presented to their most deserving generals and high officials. Because of the cartouche of Thutmose III, it is believed that this bracelet, together with four more in the RMO collection, belonged to the legendary general Djehuty.
AO 2b. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III (c. 1450 BCE). From Sakkara. Gold. D. 7.1 cm.
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Having a few days off, for the Easter Holiday, gives me a chance to spend a bit more time than I usually have in setting up a shot. This one took all morning to get right, not to mention the planning (which I've been contemplating for a few weeks). Wanted to shoot more of an 'interior decor' sort of image, and I really wanted to have a crack at shooting with a mirror in frame — they are a massive pain to control what's reflected — you're having to work with the composition in the foreground, it's reflection, and then controlling the reflection in the background. I was planning a completely cream/brown palette but succumbed, at the last minute, and added some miniature daffodils and the blue bottle for a little punch and lift. A very subtle vintage effect has been applied in the ever-trusty Snapseed. #handmadesoap #soap #naturalsoap #bathroom #mirror #reflection #seasalt #seavitamins #shells #vintage #interiordecor #soapporn #snapseed #oxfordshire #uk #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #markmakingdesign #soft_tones #dofaddicts #bokeh #candlelight #still_life #stilllife #niftyfifty
Well, it's Easter, so eggs and chocolate and daffodils are pretty well a must for any photo. Whilst yesterday's daffodils were still alive, it would have been a shame not to make the most of them in a some more photos. The mini-hurricane lamp always adds a touch of rustic charm to an image, tying in with the rural theme. The eggs are quails' eggs, from Waitrose Supermarket, that have been emptied out so that I can keep them for future photographs. Most advice for cleaning out eggs says to put holes in the top and bottom ends — this would be useless for photos, so I took a pin and carefully opened up a 1cm hole in the side (picking the least attractive side) and removed the contents with a narrow stream of water, from the tap (the eggs were rather old, so not good to keep the content for anything). #easter #eastersaturday #eastereggs #eggs #daffodils #flower #flowers #ic_flowers #ic_nature #quailseggs #hurricanelamp #mm_easter #oxfordshire #uk #most_deserving #photowall #all_shots #uk_photooftheday #icatching #bd #markmakingdesign #stilllife #still_life #instanaturelover #chocolate #chocolates #chocolateporn #chocs
trin and i went camping at La Push, on the western coast of washington.
i'm not really one for sunsets, but this one seemed most deserving.
sunlight peeking out from under a rock bridge, over the water.
it was fun to walk down the beach to find just the right angle where the sun aligned with the opening.
the beach itself is somewhat secluded. you have to walk a trail over a hill through the woods, then amble over an circumnavigable wall of massive driftwood.
hardly strenuous, but inconvenient enough to keep the people on this beach to a dedicated handful.
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French collectors card in the series 'Portrait de Stars; L'encyclopédie du Cinéma' by Edito Service, 1992. Photo: Collection Cinémathèque Française. Caption: Musidora, 1915, France.
With her heavily kohled dark eyes, somewhat sinister make-up, pale skin and exotic wardrobes, French actress Musidora (1889-1957) created an unforgettable vamp persona. She is best known for her roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires (1915-1916) as Irma Vep, the voluptuous, amoral villainess, and in Judex (1917) as Marie Verdier. At a time when many women in the film industry were relegated to acting, Musidora also achieved some success as a producer and director. Later she became a journalist and wrote about cinema.
Musidora was born Jeanne Roques in Paris, France in 1889. She was raised by a feminist mother and socialist father. She began her career in the arts at an early age, writing her first novel at the age of fifteen and acting on the stage with the likes of Colette, one of her lifelong friends. She performed in revues at French music halls and cabarets, such as the Folies Bergère, Concert Mayol, and La Cigale. Jeanne adopted the stage name Musidora (Greek for "gift of the muses"), after the heroine in Théophile Gautier's novel Fortunio. She made her film debut around 1909, but her in the silent production Les miseres de l'aiguille/The misery of the needle (Raphael Clamour, 1914). She starred in a few silent films by Gaston Ravel, including La bouquetière des Catalans/The Flower Girl of Catalonia (Gaston Ravel, 1914) and Le trophée du Zouave/The Zouave trophy (Gaston Ravel, 1915). She also began to work with the highly successful film director Louis Feuillade, and appeared in a dozen of his short silent films for Gaumont, including Severo Torelli (Louis Feuillade, 1914), Tu n'épouseras jamais un avocet/You will never marry a lawyer (Louis Feuillade, 1914) featuring Marcel Levesque, Le calvaire/The calvary (Louis Feuillade, 1914) with René Navarre and Les noces d'argent/Silver Wedding (Louis Feuillade, 1915) with Édouard Mathé. Musidora then appeared in his hugely successful serial Les Vampires/The Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915-1916) as cabaret singer Irma Vep (an anagram of ‘vampire’) opposite Édouard Mathé as crusading journalist Philippe Guerande. Les Vampires was not actually about vampires, but about a criminal gang-cum-secret society inspired by the exploits of the real-life Bonnot Gang. Vep, besides playing a leading role in the Vampires' crimes, also spends two episodes under the hypnotic control of Moreno, a rival criminal who makes her his lover and induces her to assassinate the Grand Vampire. Musidora’s mystique was accentuated by her large, dark eyes and wearing a black leotard, hood and tights. The series used gadgets like poison rings, poison fountain pens, cabinets with fake back panels etc., and was an immediate success with French cinema-goers and ran in 10 instalments until 1916. After the Les Vampires serial, Musidora starred as Diana Monti in Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1917), another popular Feuillade serial filmed in 1916 but delayed for release until 1917 because of World War I. Judex is a twelve part serial following the adventures of the masked vigilante Judex (René Cresté) as he fights against criminals led by the corrupt banker Favrauxom. Though not intended to be avant-garde, Les Vampires and Judex have been lauded by critics like André Bazin as the birth of avant-garde cinema and cited by filmmakers as Fritz Lang and Luis Buñuel as being extremely influential in their desires to become directors.
Musidora also starred in films by other directors, like Le pied qui étreint (Jacques Feyder, 1916) - a funny send-up of the Feuillade's serials, the silent adventure film Les chacals/The Jackals (André Hugon, 1917), starring André Nox, La jeune fille la plus méritante de France/The most deserving girl of France (Germaine Dulac, 1918), and Mademoiselle Chiffon (André Hugon, 1919), with Suzanne Munte. Apart from her acting career, she became a film producer and director under the tutelage of her mentor, Louis Feuillade. Her first film was an adaptation oa novel by her friend Colette, La vagabonda/The Vagabond (Musidora, Eugenio Perego, 1918). Between the late 1910s and early 1920s, she directed ten films, all of which are lost with the exception of two: the tragic romance Soleil et ombre/Sol y sombre/Sun and Shadow (Jaime De Lasuen, Musidora, 1922) and La terre des taureaux/La tierra de los toros/The Land of the Bulls (Musidora, 1924), both of which were filmed in Spain, starring the Cordoban mounted bullfighter Antonio Cañero. In Italy, she produced and directed La Flamme Cachée/The Hidden Flame (Roger Lion, Musidora, 1918) based on the work of her friend Colette. At a time when many women in the film industry were relegated to acting, Musidora achieved a degree of success as a producer and director. Annette Förster in her article at Women Film Pioneers Project: “While her films were favorably reviewed in the press, Musidora as producer reputedly only lost money on them. It remains unclear whether this was due to the terms of her contract, as she claimed in a 1946 interview with Renee Sylvaire, or to the fact that the films failed at the box office.” Her final film role was as Delilah in the drama Le berceau de dieu/The Cradle of God (Fred LeRoy Granville, 1926) After her career as an actress was over, she focused on writing and producing. Her last film was an homage to her mentor Feuillade entitled La Magique Image/The Magic Image (1950), which she both directed and starred in. Late in her life she would occasionally work in the ticket booth of the Cinematheque Francaise—few patrons realised that the older woman in the foyer might be starring in the film they were watching. At 68, Musidora died in Paris, France in 1957 and was laid to rest in the Cimetière de Bois-le-Roi. Musidora was married to Dr. Clément Marot from 1927 till 1944. The union produced one child, Clément Marot Jr.
Sources: Annette Förster (Women Film Pioneers Project), Bobb Edwards (Find A Grave), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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Spanish promotional postcard for the 12-part serial Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1916) with Musidora and at right Marcel Lévesque. The man left is possibly Jean Devalde. It's a scene from episode 4, Le secret de la tombe / The Secret of the Tomb. Collection: Marlene Pilaete.
With her heavily kohled dark eyes, somewhat sinister make-up, pale skin and exotic wardrobes, French actress Musidora (1889-1957) created an unforgettable vamp persona. She is best known for her roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires (1915-1916) as Irma Vep, the voluptuous, amoral villainess, and in Judex (1917) as Marie Verdier. At a time when many women in the film industry were relegated to acting, Musidora also achieved some success as a producer and director. Later, she became a journalist and wrote about cinema.
Musidora was born Jeanne Roques in Paris, France, in 1889. She was raised by a feminist mother and a socialist father. She began her career in the arts at an early age, writing her first novel at the age of fifteen and acting on the stage with the likes of Colette, one of her lifelong friends. She performed in revues at French music halls and cabarets, such as the Folies Bergère, Concert Mayol, and La Cigale. Jeanne adopted the stage name Musidora (Greek for "gift of the muses"), after the heroine in Théophile Gautier's novel Fortunio. She made her film debut around 1909, but her in the silent production Les misères de l'aiguille / The Misery of the Needle (Raphael Clamour, 1914). She starred in a few silent films by Gaston Ravel, including La bouquetière des Catalans/The Flower Girl of Catalonia (Gaston Ravel, 1914) and Le trophée du Zouave/The Zouave trophy (Gaston Ravel, 1915). She also began to work with the highly successful film director Louis Feuillade, and appeared in a dozen of his short silent films for Gaumont, including Seul au monde (Louis Feuillade, 1914), Tu n'épouseras jamais un avocet / You will never marry a lawyer (Louis Feuillade, 1914) featuring Marcel Levesque, Le calvaire / The Calvary (Louis Feuillade, 1914) with René Navarre and Les noces d'argent / Silver Wedding (Louis Feuillade, 1915) with Édouard Mathé. Musidora then appeared in his hugely successful serial Les Vampires / The Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915-1916) as cabaret singer Irma Vep (an anagram of ‘vampire’) opposite Édouard Mathé as crusading journalist Philippe Guerande. Les Vampires was not actually about vampires, but about a criminal gang-cum-secret society inspired by the exploits of the real-life Bonnot Gang. Vep, besides playing a leading role in the Vampires' crimes, also spends two episodes under the hypnotic control of Moreno, a rival criminal who makes her his lover and induces her to assassinate the Grand Vampire. Musidora’s mystique was accentuated by her large, dark eyes and wearing a black leotard, hood and tights. The series used gadgets like poison rings, poison fountain pens, cabinets with fake back panels, etc., and was an immediate success with French cinema-goers and ran in 10 instalments until 1916. After the Les Vampires serial, Musidora starred as Diana Monti in Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1917), another popular Feuillade serial filmed in 1916 but delayed for release until 1917 because of World War I. Judex is a twelve-part serial following the adventures of the masked vigilante Judex (René Cresté) as he fights against criminals led by the corrupt banker Favrauxom. Though not intended to be avant-garde, Les Vampires and Judex have been lauded by critics like André Bazin as the birth of avant-garde cinema and cited by filmmakers like Fritz Lang and Luis Buñuel as being extremely influential in their desires to become directors.
Musidora also starred in films by other directors, like Le pied qui étreint (Jacques Feyder, 1916) - a funny send-up of Feuillade's serials, the silent adventure film Les chacals / The Jackals (André Hugon, 1917), starring André Nox, La jeune fille la plus méritante de France / The Most Deserving Girl of France (Germaine Dulac, 1918), and Mademoiselle Chiffon (André Hugon, 1919), with Suzanne Munte. Apart from her acting career, she became a film producer and director under the tutelage of her mentor, Louis Feuillade. Her first film was an adaptation of a novel by her friend Colette, La vagabonda / The Vagabond (Musidora, Eugenio Perego, 1918). Between the late 1910s and early 1920s, she directed ten films, all of which are lost except two: the tragic romance Soleil et ombre / Sol y sombre / Sun and Shadow (Jaime De Lasuen, Musidora, 1922) and La terre des taureaux / La tierra de los toros / The Land of the Bulls (Musidora, 1924), both of which were filmed in Spain, starring the Cordoban mounted bullfighter Antonio Cañero. In Italy, she produced and directed La Flamme Cachée / The Hidden Flame (Roger Lion, Musidora, 1918) based on the work of her friend Colette. At a time when many women in the film industry were relegated to acting, Musidora achieved a degree of success as a producer and director. Annette Förster, in her article at Women Film Pioneers Project: “While her films were favourably reviewed in the press, Musidora as producer reputedly only lost money on them. It remains unclear whether this was due to the terms of her contract, as she claimed in a 1946 interview with Renee Sylvaire, or to the fact that the films failed at the box office.” Her final film role was as Delilah in the drama Le berceau de dieu / The Cradle of God (Fred LeRoy Granville, 1926). After her career as an actress was over, she focused on writing and producing. Her last film was an homage to her mentor Feuillade entitled La Magique Image/The Magic Image (1950), which she both directed and starred in. Late in her life, she would occasionally work in the ticket booth of the Cinematheque Francaise—few patrons realised that the older woman in the foyer might be starring in the film they were watching. At 68, Musidora died in Paris, France, in 1957 and was laid to rest in the Cimetière de Bois-le-Roi. Musidora was married to Dr. Clément Marot from 1927 till 1944. The union produced one child, Clément Marot Jr.
Sources: Annette Förster (Women Film Pioneers Project), Bobb Edwards (Find A Grave), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
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With her heavily kohled dark eyes, somewhat sinister make-up, pale skin and exotic wardrobes, French actress Musidora (1889-1957) created an unforgettable vamp persona. She is best known for her roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires (1915-1916) as Irma Vep, the voluptuous, amoral villainess, and in Judex (1917) as Marie Verdier. At a time when many women in the film industry were relegated to acting, Musidora also achieved some success as a producer and director. Later, she became a journalist and wrote about cinema.
Musidora was born Jeanne Roques in Paris, France, in 1889. She was raised by a feminist mother and a socialist father. She began her career in the arts at an early age, writing her first novel at the age of fifteen and acting on the stage with the likes of Colette, one of her lifelong friends. She performed in revues at French music halls and cabarets, such as the Folies Bergère, Concert Mayol, and La Cigale. Jeanne adopted the stage name Musidora (Greek for "gift of the muses"), after the heroine in Théophile Gautier's novel Fortunio. She made her film debut around 1909, but her in the silent production Les misères de l'aiguille / The Misery of the Needle (Raphael Clamour, 1914). She starred in a few silent films by Gaston Ravel, including La bouquetière des Catalans/The Flower Girl of Catalonia (Gaston Ravel, 1914) and Le trophée du Zouave/The Zouave trophy (Gaston Ravel, 1915). She also began to work with the highly successful film director Louis Feuillade, and appeared in a dozen of his short silent films for Gaumont, including Seul au monde (Louis Feuillade, 1914), Tu n'épouseras jamais un avocet / You will never marry a lawyer (Louis Feuillade, 1914) featuring Marcel Levesque, Le calvaire / The Calvary (Louis Feuillade, 1914) with René Navarre and Les noces d'argent / Silver Wedding (Louis Feuillade, 1915) with Édouard Mathé. Musidora then appeared in his hugely successful serial Les Vampires / The Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915-1916) as cabaret singer Irma Vep (an anagram of ‘vampire’) opposite Édouard Mathé as crusading journalist Philippe Guerande. Les Vampires was not actually about vampires, but about a criminal gang-cum-secret society inspired by the exploits of the real-life Bonnot Gang. Vep, besides playing a leading role in the Vampires' crimes, also spends two episodes under the hypnotic control of Moreno, a rival criminal who makes her his lover and induces her to assassinate the Grand Vampire. Musidora’s mystique was accentuated by her large, dark eyes and wearing a black leotard, hood and tights. The series used gadgets like poison rings, poison fountain pens, cabinets with fake back panels, etc., and was an immediate success with French cinema-goers and ran in 10 instalments until 1916. After the Les Vampires serial, Musidora starred as Diana Monti in Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1917), another popular Feuillade serial filmed in 1916 but delayed for release until 1917 because of World War I. Judex is a twelve-part serial following the adventures of the masked vigilante Judex (René Cresté) as he fights against criminals led by the corrupt banker Favrauxom. Though not intended to be avant-garde, Les Vampires and Judex have been lauded by critics like André Bazin as the birth of avant-garde cinema and cited by filmmakers like Fritz Lang and Luis Buñuel as being extremely influential in their desires to become directors.
Musidora also starred in films by other directors, like Le pied qui étreint (Jacques Feyder, 1916) - a funny send-up of Feuillade's serials, the silent adventure film Les chacals / The Jackals (André Hugon, 1917), starring André Nox, La jeune fille la plus méritante de France / The Most Deserving Girl of France (Germaine Dulac, 1918), and Mademoiselle Chiffon (André Hugon, 1919), with Suzanne Munte. Apart from her acting career, she became a film producer and director under the tutelage of her mentor, Louis Feuillade. Her first film was an adaptation of a novel by her friend Colette, La vagabonda / The Vagabond (Musidora, Eugenio Perego, 1918). Between the late 1910s and early 1920s, she directed ten films, all of which are lost except two: the tragic romance Soleil et ombre / Sol y sombre / Sun and Shadow (Jaime De Lasuen, Musidora, 1922) and La terre des taureaux / La tierra de los toros / The Land of the Bulls (Musidora, 1924), both of which were filmed in Spain, starring the Cordoban mounted bullfighter Antonio Cañero. In Italy, she produced and directed La Flamme Cachée / The Hidden Flame (Roger Lion, Musidora, 1918) based on the work of her friend Colette. At a time when many women in the film industry were relegated to acting, Musidora achieved a degree of success as a producer and director. Annette Förster, in her article at Women Film Pioneers Project: “While her films were favourably reviewed in the press, Musidora as producer reputedly only lost money on them. It remains unclear whether this was due to the terms of her contract, as she claimed in a 1946 interview with Renee Sylvaire, or to the fact that the films failed at the box office.” Her final film role was as Delilah in the drama Le berceau de dieu / The Cradle of God (Fred LeRoy Granville, 1926). After her career as an actress was over, she focused on writing and producing. Her last film was an homage to her mentor Feuillade entitled La Magique Image/The Magic Image (1950), which she both directed and starred in. Late in her life, she would occasionally work in the ticket booth of the Cinematheque Francaise—few patrons realised that the older woman in the foyer might be starring in the film they were watching. At 68, Musidora died in Paris, France, in 1957 and was laid to rest in the Cimetière de Bois-le-Roi. Musidora was married to Dr. Clément Marot from 1927 till 1944. The union produced one child, Clément Marot Jr.
Sources: Annette Förster (Women Film Pioneers Project), Bobb Edwards (Find A Grave), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
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