Sunday, September 26, 2021

Fur, Frocks & Frohman

Rudolph and Natacha attend an “Actor's Fund Benefit” planning meeting, (see below) on Staten Island in January 1923. Natacha is really pushing the envelope with that outfit and what a wall of fur coat. 

The gentleman is Daniel Frohman, who was a partner of Adolph Zukor and would produce some 70 films with Famous-Players.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Frohman

The two ladies are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Bayes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bates


Left to right (above): Frohman, Natacha Rambova, Nora Bayes, Blanche Bates and Valentino. (Below)...the fabulous frocks underneath those coats.