Happy Fourth of July weekend, fellow Americans! And I suppose I can wish a Happy Independence Day of sorts to the U.K. too, yes?…No? Too soon? But…but why?
In the ’20s, as part of the “fun cheesy photos for the holidays” tradition, it was popular for actors (mainly actresses) to pose in gag photos with fireworks, some of which were comically gigantic. The June 30, 1928 Exhibitor’s Herald and Moving Picture World featured this spread, which included our Louise Fazenda:
As a chaser, here’s the always-adorable Baby Peggy (from the Exhibitor’s Herald, July 21, 1923):
And of course, no matter where you are, have a lovely weekend because everyone deserves to have a lovely weekend. More posts are on the way once we’ve all recovered from any and all festivities!
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Silent-ology 
Happy 4th to you, Lea! I like the silent star gag holiday photos, and those are good ones.
By the way—getting partially off-topic, but—concerning Louise, have you seen that early sound Western parody she did? I can’t remember the title offhand. A funny and most bizarre item, that.
Faro Nell? I have, and it does look like a lot of the humor was very much of its time. 😀
Yes, Faro Nell is it! 🙂
Great post, Lea. There’s nothing like posing with comically huge-sized firecrackers to show the world you’re serious about your craft.
Right? 😀
Hi Lea, hope you had a great 4th of July and apologies again for that whole taxation/representation thing.
As for our current circumstance, there are a number of whys, none of them particularly heartening. It’s all very depressing.
Well, let’s hope for the best, eh? 😉 Thanks, the 4th was wonderful!