Friday, March 20, 2015

Alla Nazimova’s Iconic 1923 ‘Salome’ Wig Discovered in a Trunk in Georgia

Left: Screen capture of Alla Nazimova wearing the wig in "Salome" (1923); right: the wig as it appeared when it was discovered recently in a trunk (Jack Raines © 2014)

West Hollywood, Calif. (March 10, 2015) A lost trove of early 20th century costumes and fashionable street wear from the estate of Broadway and silent-film star Alla Nazimova (“Nah-ZIM-oh-vah”) was discovered last fall in an unlikely place: a storage building behind a home in Columbus, Ga.

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