The Fairbanks Twins - C. 1922
Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston (Via Alfred Cheney Johnston Myspace)
16th of October 2010
The Fairbanks Twins - Marion and Madeline
The Fairbanks sisters appeared in “The Midnight Frolic” in August, 1920.
15th of October 2010
Myrna Darby - 1920s
Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston (Via Ziegfeld Follies Tribute Myspace)
Hazel Forbes - 1920s
Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston
Dorothy Dickson - 1920s
Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston (Via Dr. Macro’s)
Dorothy Dickson
C. 1920s
13th of October 2010
Alice Lorraine - 1928
Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston (Via Grapefruit Moon Gallery)
12th of October 2010
Tamara Geva - March 17, 1907 - December 9, 1997
Tamara Geva, was born into wealth in St. Petersburg, Russia, as Tamara Gergeyeva. Because of her family’s Muslim background, she could enroll in the Maryinsky Theater School only after the Russian Revolutionary regime did away with the stipulation that enrollees be Christian. She married the School’s ballroom dance instructor, George Balanchine, in 1923 and became part of his experimental company. She toured with Balanchine, joined the Ballet Russe with him, and later Balaieff’s company of Russian exile dancers, the Chauve-Souris. She premiered two of her husband’s ballets in New York in 1927 and created a sensation. Ziegfeld hired her for the musical Whoopee, and she commenced a storied career as a dancer and actress on stage and in films.
Sybil Carmen
Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston
Alfred Cheney Johnston’s photo studio
C. 1920s
