BACHRACH, David & Louis Fabian - MARCEAU, Theodore - WHITE, Lucas 
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Album of photographs of the Braggiotti Sisters, Francesca and Berthe, Italian dancers and actresses, daughters of an American mezzo-soprano from Boston. [Boston, New York, 1920-1930] Oblong folio (325 x 450 mm.) Contemporary brown calf, blind and large gilt stamped borders, gilt stamped decoration and name BERTHE at center of front cover (hinges slightly cracking). 52 leaves (last 38 blank), 26 photographs of various sizes (some of them unfinished proofs) on the first 13 leaves, 5 watercolor drawings and one charcoal portrait signed by Joseph Haley, Boston transcript. Several photographs bear blind stamps from renowned photographers of the time, including the still-operational Bachrach Photographers; Theodore Marceau, a pioneer of photographic studios; White Studio, known for innovations in theatrical photography; the Arlington Studio in Boston; and Nicholas Muray, noted for his portraits of Frida Kahlo. ALBUM of ephemera. [Boston, New York, 1919-1922] 4º (330 x 245 mm.) Contemporary brown calf, blind and large gilt stamped borders, gilt stamped decoration and name BERTHE at center of front cover (slightly worn at spine). 53 leaves containing various press clippings (from The Harvard Crimson, The Boston Sunday Globe, The Boston Telegram, The New York Herald) manuscript letters addressed to Miss Berthe Braggiotti, theatre brochures, programes, invitations, business cards with handwritten dedications, envelopes and a typed script titled “The chosen King” by Esta Mae Barr, which includes the first act of the play, facing a striking photograph of the actors on stage during its premiere at the Boston Opera House on May 10, 1920. The album also includes a copy of the original program, issues of the VINCENT CLUB magazine (from 1920 and 1922) and the BENEFIT ACTOR’S FUND journal from 1921.
Francesca Braggiotti was an italian-born dancer, actress and a pioneer in film dubbing. Raised in a musically and culturally rich family -her father an Italian tenor from Smyrna and her mother and American mezzo-soprano-, she began her career in the performing arts alongside her sister Berthe as the acclaimed “Braggiotti Sisters”. Their expressive dance style, introduced in post-World War I Boston, brought innovation to American dance and captivated notable cultural figures such as poet Amy Lowell and patron Isabella Stewart Gardner. Following her sister’s death in 1928, Braggiotti transitioned into cinema and became the first Italian voice of Greta Garbo, notably delivering the first line ever dubbed in Italian film history. In 1929, she married American actor John David Lodge, with whom she co-starred in Stanotte all undici (1937). After his entry into politics, which included terms as U.S. Congressman, Governor of Connecticut (1951-1955), and Ambassador to several countries, she withdrew from acting but remained active in cultural life. As First Lady of Connecticut, she co-founded the American Shakespeare Festival Stratford and continued supporting the arts throughout her later years, dividing her time between Connecticut and Spain.
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Sachgebiete: Jugendstil, Film, Zeitschriften/Zeitungen, Theater
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