Lost Splendor
Lost Splendor


Lost Splendor

Findings of a Fire-Headed History Student. Twenty-One Years Young
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Evelyn Nesbit via Historical Ziegfeld 
Naomi Johnson: Ziegfeld Girl
Mary Alice Rice, Ziegfeld in Lace
Mirror, Mirror: Blanche Satchell, 1920s.
Kathleen Martyn: Ziegfeld Butterfly
Martha Mansfield: Ziegfeld Girl, 1899-1923 On November 30, 1923, while working on location in San Antonio, Texas on the film The Warrens of Virginia, Mansfield was severely burned when a match, tossed by a cast member, ignited her Civil War costume of hoopskirts and flimsy ruffles. Mansfield was playing the role of Agatha Warren and had just finished her scenes and retired to a car when her clothing burst into flames. Her neck and face were saved when leading man Wilfred Lytell threw his heavy overcoat over her. The chauffeur of Mansfield’s car was burned badly on his hands while trying to remove the burning clothing from the actress. The fire was put out, but she sustained substantial burns to her body. She was rushed to a Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in San Antonio, where she died in less than twenty-four hours. Mansfield was 24 years old. Accompanied by actor Phillip Shorey, Mansfield’s body was flown to her home in New York City. Her mother resided there at 142 West Fifty-seventh Street. She was interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. When the “Warrens of Virginia” was finally released in late 1924, Martha’s role had been edited down, and Rosemary Hill was promoted as the female lead.  Wikipedia

Ziegfeld Dames, 1907-1931. Portraits Showing [in order]: Helen Henderson, Peggy Shannon, Muriel Finley, and Alice Wilkie.

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Alice Wilkie, Ziegfeld Follies
Dorothy Wegman, Ziegfeld Follies
In Thought, Ziegfeld Girls.  Click for Source.
Hopeful Bouquet, Ziegfeld Girl.  Click for Source.
Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, Source: NYPL
Irene Franklin Click for Source
Irene Marcellus. Click for Source
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