33.00 USD
Regina Badet dancing her heart out in a superb costume orientale image. This is, at least from our point of view, a rare image. We've never come across it before, and her hair is pinned back on the sides, which is very unusual. Artistes of note, often maintained control over postcard images (this only makes sense), and it's possible this is rare and unidentified precisely because she preferred the hairstyle we typically find in her images.
Born in 1876, in Bordeaux, Mlle. Badet was a principal dancer at the Grande Theatre de Bordeaux by the age of 14. By 1900, she had begun a career as an actress and dancer in Paris. She was a star of the Opera Comique, and eventually traveled the world as an international star. She also appeared in the medium of film beginning in 1908, making a number of silent movies into the 1920s.
We know her well for her elaborate costumes, often finding her way into our Marvelous Maenad section, but this one, we'll place in Songs of Salome. Just wonderful!
In the early 1920s Mlle. Badet quietly retired from stage and screen. She died where she had been born, at the age of 73, in Bordeaux, France.
Many thanks, as is so often due, to Wikipedia France, for much of our biographical information.
There is a tiny, tiny nick in the top edge of this card.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
And please come visit our blog at:
redpoulaine.blogspot.com
where we post biographical and historical tidbits, images of cards and photographs for sale, some already sold but remembered fondly, related images of historical interest and sometimes even images of items that have not yet arrived in the shop, but that are expected to arrive soon, as well as coupon codes, links to other related sites, and more!