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Head and Shoulders Portrait of Lina Cavalieri
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Publicity portrait of the Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in pearl necklace and feather covered hat made when she appeared in Famous Players-Lasky silent film productions.
December 1918
Mishkin, Herman
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W013KJ3
WHi 70762
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The opera stars Lucian Muratire, French tenor, and his wife Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano, visit film director William de Mille who is posed with a Bell and Howell camera. Cavaliere acted in sile...
Lina Cavalieri
March 1919
The Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri with braided hair and wearing sports clothes sits on a rock at her home.
Lina Cavalieri
1901
The young Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in suggestive deshabille, her pearl decorated dress falling off her shoulders.
Lucien Muratore and Lina Cavalieri Outdoors in Classic Dress
1919
The French operatic tenor Lucien Muratore and his wife, the Italian soprano, Lina Cavalieri. They are costumed in classical style and lounging by Long Island Sound. Original caption: "Lucien Mura...
Robert Cain, Raymond Bloomer, and Lina Cavalieri scene still
1918
In a scene still for the silent drama "A Woman of Impulse," Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage dressing room receiving visitors. She hold...
Portrait of Billie Burke
1918
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1918 Famous Players-Lasky film comedy The Make Believe Wife. The photograph was retouched for newspaper use.
