On May 21, we #TBT to November 1922, when a silent film star was glued into her costume.
In the above walking tour, we discover that in the winter of 1923, Marshall Field’s turned its book department into a temporary theatre to advertise the silent movie The Stranger's Banquet.
Like about 75% of original silent films, The Stranger's Banquet is considered lost. But several images of it still exist, including this behind-the-scenes photo in which one of the film’s female stars, Eleanor Boardman, is being glued in to an evening gown.
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The reason for the glue? Her character is about to shoot a scene involving a car wreck. The caption under the picture reads, “Boardman believes in safety first. No single thread suspense for Eleanor!”
You might say Ms. Boardman was trying to avoid a wardrobe malfunction about 80 years before that term emerged in popular culture. 😀 | |
