Lot 910
Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties. 1918 Mack Sennett Bathing Girls color panoramic photo, signed by fourteen of the voluptuous stars. Featuring eighteen of the director's shapely screen ingenues each wearing a skin-bearing suit. Framed for an overall size of 35½ x 10¾". Water damage to the left quadrant, chipping to the paper around edges, top border has been painted red presumably to match the frame and cover flaws, a few tears along top edge. Several signatures have been enhanced. In fair condition overall.
Setting the trend for swim wear, Sennett's leggy Bathing Beauties served as pin-up girls for servicemen during the First World War. The abbreviated suits however, created quite a controversy at the time, prompting protest letters from women's groups. In honor of these early "California girls", a black and white version of this photo sits in the museum on the Santa Monica Pier.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
From the collection of actress Constance Moore.
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