The intertitles in our silent picture show

[sovay]

I want to go back in time and steal this man's waistcoat. Or at least ask what he was reading:



(Francis George Packer, an actor I'd never heard of even under his stage name, Nigel De Brulier. He played the prophet Jokanaan in the 1923 avant-garde film of Oscar Wilde's Salomé, however, so I expect to see more of him soon. Discovered while looking for Conrad Veidt.)

nineweaving worries it would wear me, but I think the wolf hat could take it.

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[kenjari.livejournal.com]

If you know any good seamstresses, you could have one made, although you'd have to guess at the colors. But I suppose there's an upside to that, as you'd be entirely justified in assuming that the colors were coincidentally those you find most attractive and flattering. :)
I had no idea that there was a film of Salome. I only know it from the R. Strauss opera.

[gwynnega]

What a wonderful photograph.

I'm pretty sure I saw that version of Salome many years ago, though the version I'm more familiar with is the Ken Russell film (over-the-top but worth seeing).

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Herbert Pocket?

Have you found the wolf hat trailing shreds of brocade? Have you named it yet? I'd be inclined to call it Throgmorton.

Nine

[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

Ensemble:

Wolf hat
Leather jacket
Francis George Packer's waistcoat
Fighting Trousers

But what would you wear on your feet? We need to sort this out before the Vanity Fair photoshoot.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

nineweaving worries it would wear me, but I think the wolf hat could take it.

Odearlord, now I'm imagining "Sartorial Smackdown: Wednesdays, 9/8c
This week: Sovay's boots take on de Brulier's Cravat!"

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Wolf hat versus waistcoat: are you really sure you want to be the cage for that fight?

[timesygn.livejournal.com]

He played the prophet Jokanaan in the 1923 avant-garde film of Oscar Wilde's Salomé ...

Like the others, I had no idea such a thing existed. Because Salomé is my favorite play, I shall seek to purchase a copy and add it to my library of silent Chaplin shorts.

My final year teaching, I attempted to stage a version of Salomé in which the role of the Young Syrian was played by a female - gay, as it happened, who had a history with the principal actress. (I had no idea at the time.) But our Method focus, combined with the interpersonal dynamic, made for some breath-taking rehearsals.

The play, like so much else of value I attempted my final year in the classroom, was undermined and eventually derailed by the administration.

[rosefox]

I'm wearing a checked waistcoat today (the one barely visible in this userpic, if I've chosen the picture correctly) and it is definitely not wearing me. I'm certain you could carry it off.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

That is a nice waistcoat. I think you could carry it off, with or without the wolf hat.

I'd love to know what he was reading as well. It's a wonderful image, this, and I thank you for sharing it.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

My mom made my dad some pretty spectacular waistcoats, and it was always fun to see him wear them.

I like the ... embroidered pumpkin? behind him on the left. (I mean, okay, I guess it's a lantern, but it looks like it could be a pumpkin.)

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

Such striking charisma, too...