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Welcome to "Idols of the 1920s," where we hope to provide a special, cozy place for those of you who long to linger among the stars of the early silver screen, the hoofers and songbirds of dear old vaudeville's fading hours, a few divas of the grand opera, and of the operetta too, flappers, flappers, more flappers, and of course, and perhaps especially, those femmes fatales who with one smoldering glance can melt a heart, or break it in two. Have fun!
Published by Albrecht and Meister A.G. of Berlin (AMAG), such a wonderful image of Madge Bellamy. She was born Margaret Derden Philpott in 1899, and was just a li'l Texas gal, daughter of a professor of English (himself a graduate of Texas A and M). Madge ran away from home to New York City at the tender age of 17 to become an actress. She made a success of it too, she went from Broadway to film, and even made the transition to talkies, but in the 1940s, she got into a frassle with her lover, a married man, and shot him a little. Fortunately, he came through it alright, and when Madge was arrested at the scene she complained, "I only winged him, which is what I meant to do. Believe me, I'm a crack shot"
The ensuing scandal spelled the end of her career, apparently less as a result of the shooting, and more (during the relatively conservative 1940s), because her boyfriend had been a married man, and because, by that time, Madge was playing "family" roles in film. We don't find a lot of information on Miss Bellamy's later years, but she hung in there until 1990, when, at the age of 90, she passed away quietly. It would seem Miss Bellamy was quite a gal :) she certainly was a looker!
A very nice card in very nice, unposted condition.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Thanks to Wikipedia for their great article, from which we borrowed liberally!
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.
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