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Lili Damita was a beautiful French actress. By the age of sixteen she was working as a professional model and dancer. In 1921 she won a beauty contest and was offered her first acting role. During the early 1920s she appeared in more than a dozen silent films made in Europe. She married Hungarian director Michael Curtiz in 1925 but they divorced just a year later. Producer Samuel Goldwyn saw her and offered her a part in the 1928 romantic adventure The Rescue. Lili appeared in a string of box office successes. American audiences fell in love with the exotic star who was nicknamed "Tiger Lil". Despite her thick accent she was easily able to make the transition to talkies. She made headlines when she became engaged to Prince Ferdinand of Prussia but the couple never married. The bi-sexual beauty also had affairs with Dolores del Rio and Marlene Dietrich. Lili married actor Errol Flynn in 1935 and decided to retire from the screen.

Whether it's writing, directing, reviving Art Deco, or colorizing Silver Screen Stars, my jobs have always been on the creative side. Even now that I'm in my 90s, and with over a 1,500 images from which to choose, I still look forward to the next decade and reaching 100 and more. If you have any delivery questions about your order, you may call customer service any time at 877-807-5901. Our studio number is 310-254-6651. Cheers! Chuck Staley was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and spent his youth growing up in funeral homes in small towns scattered across the South. Following high school he studied art at the Memphis Academy of Arts and engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. After a stint in the Army Signal Corps in Europe, Staley went to...