In 1923 a young American actor named Tallulah Bankhead became the most sensational star of the London stage. Having persuaded the actor and manager Gerald du Maurier to give her a leading role in his ...

A look ahead at what the denizens of 'Downton Abbey' will face when the new season enters the tumultuous Roaring Twenties. No more corsets! By Elizabeth Snead Maggie Smith Elizabeth McGovern Downton ...

This is an entertaining, well-researched and charmingly illustrated dissection of the 1920s flapper, who flouted conventions and epitomized the naughtiness of the Jazz Age as she "bobbed her hair, ...

BBC set an episode of Downton Abbey during 1925. The producers put a special effort toward the use of authentic costumes. The same styles, worn by my mother’s friends, show up in her scrapbook. Mother ...

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