#mercedes de acosta

[random-brushstrokes]

Abram Poole - Mercedes de Acosta (1923)

#Abram Poole #american art #portrait #Mercedes de Acosta #1920s

[allgarbo]

Greta Garbo photographed by Mercedes de Acosta c. 1931

#greta garbo #mercedes de acosta #30's #*

[sapphoscreek]

your face is lit by moonlight breaking through your skin soft, pale, radiant. no suntan for moonlight — you are the essence of the stars and moon and the mystery of night.

Mercedes de Acosta's poem to Marlene Dietrich, 1930s. Cited in The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood (2000) by Diana McLellan

#mercedes de acosta #marlene dietrich #lesbian #sapphic #wlw #20th century #poem #lesbian poem #sapphic poem #sapphic love #lesbian love #old hollywood

[diioonysus]

there were six acosta siblings, but there were three that were most famous. they were born to their cuban father ricardo de acosta, who was steam-line executive and sugar refiner and their spanish mother was allegedly a descendant of the spanish dukes of alba. rita de acosta was a socialite named by one observer as "the most picturesque woman in america,” and was known for her fashion sense. mercedes de acosta was a poet, playwright, and novelist. aida de acosta was a socialite and aviator. she was the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo, and when she later lost her eye sight in one eye, she became an advocate for improved eye care and was executive director of the first eye bank in america.

#history #women in history #beauty #vintage photography #photography #rita de acosta #mercedes de acosta #aida de acosta

[chthonic-cassandra]

You mentioned Robert Schanke’s That Furious Lesbian: The Story of Mercedes de Acosta in one of your 2022 books posts, and I am so curious to hear more of your thoughts about it, if there are any you are willing to share!

Sorry this has been sitting in my inbox for a while, I've been rather behind on replying to messages!

To be entirely fair, Schanke's book wasn't anything particularly special except that I have been waiting to read a biography of Mercedes de Acosta for so long and this was a reasonably solid one that I had a lot of fun with. Schanke's respect and affection for his subject comes through, though his prose is not extraordinary. I'd of course recommend it if you're interested in Mercedes or generally in queer women of the period.

#i also read it during a particularly miserable trip to visit extended family this fall #which increased the intensity of my positive feelings #books #pearlsthatwereeyes #mercedes de acosta

[trulyclover]

Mercedes De Acosta - Soiled Hands

After everyone had left,

It was always so wonderful sitting in the dark theatre with you.

There was a mystery about it,

As though the echo of many plays

Still lingered in the folds of the curtain,

While phantom figures crouched low in the chairs,

Beating applause with vapour hands.

Do you remember how we always sat silently?

I would shut my eyes to feel your closeness nearer.

Then slowly and like a ritual

I would take your hand,

And you would laugh a little and say,

“My hands are awfully sticky”—or

“I can’t seem to keep my hands clean in this theatre.”

As if that mattered…as if that mattered…

#mercedes de acosta #poetry #historical lesbians

[mobydickering]

Mercedes de Acosta's Here Lies the Heart https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150414/page/n321/mode/2up

#mercedes de acosta #life and death

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Marie Doro (Lost and Won)—I had never heard of this woman before the prelims a couple of weeks ago, but oh my GOD I have not been able to stop thinking about her since. Look at her!! She was often typecast as delicate, fragile types on stage and screen, but in real life she was "intelligent, an expert on Shakespeare and Elizabethan poetry, and possessed a penetrating humor and a sometimes acid wit"(!!!!) and known for bringing vibrancy and intelligence to all of her roles. Unfortunately most of her films have been lost, but she was considered a highly sought-after lead actress through the '20s, at which point she retired from acting. In her later years, she went back to school, taking university courses in theology, physics, metaphysics, and philosophy. She was also reportedly close friends with Maude Adams and Mercedes de Acosta, both known for their lesbian relationships, which has led some (me) (but also others) to speculate that she may have been lesbian or bi herself. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! She was Charlie Chaplin's first love! She was so beautiful??? I want her to recite poetry for me while we picnic in the park.

Pina Menichelli (The Fire, Padrone delle Ferriere)—ITALIAN SILENT MOVIE STAR!!! SHES HOT!!!

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman. (remember that our poll era starts in 1910, so please don't use propaganda from before that date.)

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Marie Doro:

Unfortunately nearly all of Marie Doro’s movies are lost, and I don’t know a lot about her, but as soon as I came across Marie for the first time, I fell in love with her. The early Edwardian era is my favourite decade for fashion, and Marie wears it all so well! In every photo she looks like an angel made out of porcelain, too perfect to be real. She was Charlie Chaplin’s first love, and he remained in love with her for years after their first encounter, and let’s be honest, who can blame him? He said about her in his biography:

‘She was so devastatingly beautiful that I resented her. I resented her delicate, pouting lips, her regular white teeth, her adorable chin, her raven hair and dark brown eyes. But, oh God, she was beautiful! It was love at first sight. At the theatre I would time the moment that she left her dressing room so as to meet her on the stairs and gulp 'good-evening.' When I met Marie Doro again, it was like the second act of a romantic play. After we were introduced I said: 'But we've met before. You broke my heart. I was silently in love with you.' Marie, looking as beautiful as ever, said: “How thrilling”.

Doro retired from filmmaking in the 1920s and became very reclusive after that, so unfortunately there’s hardly any footage of her to watch. I feel sad that more people don’t know who Marie Doro is, because she’s very important to me.

Linked gifset to see Marie in action

Pina Menicelli:

#pina menicelli #marie doro #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2 #i think i hauve covid

[jstor]

Spring has sprung and here are some poems

Well hey, here's some spring poetry for everyone. 21 poems, all free and open, no login needed!

Image by Yunyao Chen from the SVA COVID Collection on JSTOR

Spring William Carlos Williams (1919)

Spring Symphony Walt Whitman (1919)

One Spring Eda Lou Walton (1920)

Early Spring John Moreland (1923)

Spring Poems by a Fifth Grade Elsa Miller (1907)

Ode to Spring Henry C. Watson (1866)

Spring Has Come Eleanor Hatch (1922)

Spring Fever Faith Shearing (2002)

Spring in Canterbury Charlotte F. Babcock (1927)

Pulse of Spring Mark Turbyfill (1917)

Spring Albrecht Reu (1915)

An English Spring S. F. Hopkins (1907)

A Forward Spring Lisa Williams (1988)

A Spring View Kokan Shiren, translated by Marian Ury (1992)

Spring Sounds Mercedes de Acosta (1925)

Arpeggio—Spring Winifred Waldron (1923)

Spring Morning Marion Strobel (1922)

One Spring Eda Lou Walton (1920)

Spring Torrents Sara Teasdale (1919)

Spring Day Grace Hazard Conkling (1917)

And we end with:

The End of Spring Lisa Williams (1988)

#poetry #poems #open content #spring #jstor

[applesaucesims]

Whether you want to show your 1930s characters' pride, or your modern gays like vintage style, this is the set for you. It includes seven items with all swatches inspired by pride flags. I know Pride wasn't a thing in the 1930s, but queer people still existed and this set pays homage to them. All pieces are named after different famous queer people from the time.

all items are bgc

downloads + info + credits under the cut

Novarro Shirt

named after Ramón Novarro, a gay actor

masc teen to elder

18 pride swatches

mesh by @vroshii included

Garbo Dress

named after Greta Garbo, a bisexual actress

fem teen to elder

19 pride swatches

mesh by @boonstoww included

Haines Vest

named after William Haines, a gay actor and interior designer

masc teen to elder

19 pride swatches

mesh by @vroshii included

De Acosta Top

named after Mercedes de Acosta, a lesbian writer

fem teen to elder

19 pride swatches

mesh by @gilded-ghosts included

Bentley Trousers

named after Gladys Bentley, a lesbian singer and drag king

fem teen to elder

17 pride swatches

mesh by @gilded-ghosts included

Elbe Dress (MESH NEEDED)

named after Lili Elbe, a transgender painter

fem teen to elder

19 pride swatches

mesh by @happylifesims not included

Grant Outfit (MESH NEEDED)

named after Cary Grant, a bisexual actor

masc teen to elder

19 pride swatches

mesh by @happylifesims not included

DOWNLOAD [sfs] (zip with all items included in folder)

#ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 cc #ts4cc #my cc #decades challenge extras #i'm so proud of this set aaaaaa #i hope you guys like it too #most items work for other eras too ofc #feel free to tag me if you want when you use this because i'd love to see it

[missgossiper]

#Saturday Polls ✒️

[madame-du-barry]

*enters bookshop* Jeanne!

M. de Acosta

Mademoiselle Mercedes! *grins* How wonderful to see you!

[allgarbo]

Garbo got a kick out of sporting turtlenecks at a time when only jockeys and prizefighters wore them, and she was the first film star, followed by Katharine Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich, to liberate women from skirts. Knowing observers slipped innuendo into their reports of Garbo and Dietrich’s preference for masculine styles. Vanity Fair pictured the Swede and the German, in 1932, under the headline “Both Members of the Same Club,” implying more than their mutual fondness for men’s suits and slouch hats.

Women who spurned skirts were not only violating taboos at the time, but breaking laws; in Paris in the twenties, a permis de travestissement was required of any female wearing a man’s suit. Mores were not much more relaxed on Hollywood Boulevard. “Garbo in Pants!” shouted a wire-photo caption.

“Innocent by standers gasped in amazement to see Mercedes de Acosta and Garbo in pants pretty much managed to go Where she pleased (and, perversely, she didn’t seem to mind the extra attention her fashion preferences brought her).

One night in 1928 Bill Frye slipped her into Chasen’s by rolling her trousers up beneath her overcoat, which she wore to the table. “We had already booked the reservation,” says Frye, “and when I saw what she was wearing I called the restaurant and told them I was bringing Miss Garbo to dinner and could she please come in slacks. They said no, she could not. I asked, ‘What if you put us to the right, just as we come in the door?’ They still said no, so we played our little trick.”

Greta Garbo striding swiftly along... dressed in men’s clothes.” A few days later, MGM sent out a story under Garbo’s name, in which she apologized for inflicting her “trousered attitude” on hostesses, escorts, and maitres d’.

Greta Garbo in The Single Standard (1929)

#greta garbo #the single standard #marlene dietrich #katharine hepburn #mercedes de acosta #quotes #20's #*

[footnoteinhistory]

"so your hand isn't in mine, but I feel it there—when I am asleep, awake" — Catie Rosemurgy // Mercedes de Acosta // Taylor Swift // Mimi O'Donnell // "Black Is the Color" // Mary Jo Bang

#parallels #i feel your arm around my shoulder every day

[lord-brycegriffiths]

Well you should! Meet @prof-jadranko @mostlyyourlysander @grace-sherwood @tubacanmatiascontilde @abraham-stoker @chef-de-cuisine @bioonewithnature @diniswasplaying @mercedes-de-acosta @dr-edward-stevens

Oh dear... That's a lot of people

#asks #anon

[explorinaireoftheseas]

Oh! You should also meet @mercedes-de-acosta @the-dazzling-rahim @diniswasplaying @madame-du-barry

Many folks around town I have yet to meet it seems. *hums and juts her chin* Who are all these?

#questionnaire