FredCDobbs Posted December 31, 2007 I'm tryin' metz. Don't give up yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhnrndglt Posted December 31, 2007 Mary Miles Minter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted December 31, 2007 Fred..can you identify that beauty? initials M P she died a tragic and horrible death Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted December 31, 2007 Marie Prevost Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metz44 Posted December 31, 2007 yes...read her tragic death details on IMDB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted December 31, 2007 I read it on goldensilents.com ... very sad. I never heard of her before, which is why these posts are very informative. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted December 31, 2007 I didn't know her name, but I thought that looked like a Ziegfeld photo. The "soft focus" style was popular in the old days. I don't think that is due to the camera lens or a filter. I think it was done by turning a glass plate over on its back and contact printing it, causing the image on the photo paper to be slightly out of focus, since the emulsion was lifted slightly off the surface of the photo paper by the thickness of the glass in the glass plate. Like this one: http://www.doctormacro.info/Images/Prevost,%20Marie/Annex/Annex%20-%20Prevost,%20Marie_04.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainingviolets21 Posted January 1, 2008 There was a rumor at Twentieth, that Shirley Temple's close-ups were shot with gauze on the camera lens, or sometimes they would smear a thin film of Vaseline on the lens to soften the effect.~ . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted January 1, 2008 That's quite possible. There were different ways to get a soft focus effect and a diffusion effect. I've made different kinds, including the kind I mentioned about the glass plates. I discovered years ago that the "celophane" on a pack of cigarettes works as an emergency diffusion filter. I used to use that when I photographed a news subject who needed a little help with the close-ups. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted January 19, 2008 Why did my last Dec. 31 post suddenly pop up at the top of the index list again? I didn't do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites