pollyalice:

Theda Bara, Cleopatra (1917)

vintagegal:

Elizabeth Taylor in “Cleopatra” 1963

Theda Bara

Cleopatra - (1917)

the-asphalt-jungle:

Paloma Gibson costume sketch for Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra (1934)

the-asphalt-jungle:

Cleopatra - (1934)

the-asphalt-jungle:

Paloma Gibson costume sketch for Claudette Colbert from Cleopatra (1934)

the-asphalt-jungle:

Cleopatra (1934)

DeMille got away with using more risque imagery than he would be able to in his later productions. He opens the film with a naked, strategically lit slavegirl holding up incense burners as the title appears on screen.

the-asphalt-jungle:

Claudette Colbert

Cleopatra - (1934)

the-asphalt-jungle:

Henry Wilcoxon and Claudette Colbert - cigarette break on the set

Cleopatra - (1934)

the-asphalt-jungle:

Cleopatra -(1934)

French poster

-daydream-believer-:

Claudette Colbert

I’m still obsessed with the profiles :)

Cleopatra - (1934)