Nineteen dancers in elaborate lace tutus and towering lace headdresses pose on a Broadway stage; at center, Mary Eaton stands en pointe with her arms raised overhead.

Stories of the Jazz Age

Showgirls, Silent Movie Stars, and Other Spectacular Women

The Lace Ballet, with Mary Eaton, Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 · Author’s collection
Mary Miles Minter by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1920 — one of the 16 forgotten silent film stars profiled
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16 Forgotten Silent Film Stars

Sixteen women who were once among the most famous faces in America—Ziegfeld beauties, serial queens, scandal-crossed leading ladies—and how the country let them slip from memory. All portraits by Alfred Cheney Johnston.

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Essays on the visual and performing culture of the Jazz Age.

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