ÉdouardMathé — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:ÉdouardMathé @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:33:19 +0200 Les Vampires [The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris] (Louis Feuillade,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-0c4x <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les Vampires [The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris] (Louis Feuillade, 1915/1916)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 24/div div class="occasion" black/div div class="img" Les Vampires (1915)/div div class="caption" A signed promotional photograph of Irma Vep (Musidora) in her iconic black catsuit. DPs: Georges Guérin & Manichoux./div div class="txt" description Black, in food or fashion "It is vital to be photogenic from head to foot. After that you are allowed to display some measure of talent." ### – Musidora Possibly the first, and definitely the most, iconic catsuit in cinema is worn by Musidora as Irma Vep in Les Vampires. Skintight and scandalous, Musidora's screen presence in the serial further cemented the popularity of the vamp and set the scene for many man-eaters to come.   /description the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #black #colours #LouisFeuillade #Musidora #ÉdouardMathé #MarcelLévesque #JeanAymé #FernandHerrmann #StaciaNapierkowska #GeorgesGuérin #Manichoux #SilentFilm #vamps #serial #drama #thriller #crime #mystery #Paris #France #1910s/div /section ]]>

Les Vampires [The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris] (Louis Feuillade, 1915/1916)

Aug

24

black

Les Vampires (1915)

A signed promotional photograph of Irma Vep (Musidora) in her iconic black catsuit. DPs: Georges Guérin & Manichoux.

Black, in food or fashion*

“It is vital to be photogenic from head to foot. After that you are allowed to display some measure of talent.”

– Musidora

Possibly the first, and definitely the most, iconic catsuit in cinema is worn by Musidora as Irma Vep in Les Vampires. Skintight and scandalous, Musidora's screen presence in the serial further cemented the popularity of the vamp and set the scene for many man-eaters to come.

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