Silent Film Stars. Mary Astor, Nita Naldi, Mary Eaton, 1923

Silent Film Stars, Mary Astor, Nita Naldi. Mary Eaton, 1923

This is an original 1923 rotogravure with portraits of prominent actresses of the silent drama: Mary Astor, Nita Naldi, and Mary Eaton.

About Rotogravure: Rotogravure is a printing method using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders which allows for very high quality halftone reproductions to be printed at high speed on inexpensive paper stock. Newspapers, beginning with The New York Times, were able to make effective use of this technology, and many published regular rotogravure pictorial sections in their publications during the early 20th century.

Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Astor

Nita Naldi (November 13, 1894 – February 17, 1961) was an American silent film actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Naldi

Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was an leading American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Eaton

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