Elissa Landi (1904-1948)
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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 4/20/1932
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5056
The films of actress Elissa Landi (1904-1948) were popular in 1920s and 1930s; in 1932, when this photograph was distributed, she appeared in Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross (1932). She had been born in Venice, Italy, as Elisabeth Marie Christine Kuhnelt, raised in Austria, and educated in England.
Landi, Elissa 1904-1948
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5056
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
4/20/1932
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5056]