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Taussig portraits

Taussig Manasse portraits

These Studio Manasse portraits capture the 'new woman’ of the 1920s and 30s: confident and provocative.

Husband and wife Adorja’n von Wlassics (1893-1946) and Olga Solarics (1896-1969) ran the Manasse Foto-Salon in Vienna from 1922-1938. The first Manasse portraits appeared in 1924 in movie magazines, and the studio also employed retouching and overpainting of its subjects.

These images are part of the NFSA Taussig Collection: thousands of classic European and American film stills from the beginning of cinema to the 1930s. A postwar migrant from Austria, Hans Taussig developed the collection during his early career in film and journalism in Europe.

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Grit von Elben

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1076158

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1930

Grit von Elben, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1930). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Vilma Banky

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1074652

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1924

Vilma Banky, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1924). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Baroness Luli von Hohenberg

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1077147

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1935

Baroness Luli von Hohenberg, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Lien Deyers

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1093528

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1934

Lien Deyers, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1934). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Greta Glogau

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1075640

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1935

Greta Glogau, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Susi Lanner

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1078312

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1933

Susi Lanner, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Helmuth Kionka

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1072279

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1932

Helmuth Kionka, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1932). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Kaethe von Nagy

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1085866

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1933

Kaethe von Nagy, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Lil Dagover

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1074382

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1925

Lil Dagover, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1925). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Hella Gerstl

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1077549

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1937

Hella Gerstl, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1937). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Magda Schneider

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1089119

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1932

Magda Schneider, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, 1932). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Lilian Ellis

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1076023

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1935

Lilian Ellis, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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Jenny Gerhardt

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1077427

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1937

Jenny Gerhardt, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1937). From the Taussig film stills collection.

The Taussig Film Stills Collection at the NFSA

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2016

The NFSA's Taussig Collection includes thousands of classic European and American film stills and portraits from the beginning of cinema to the 1930s.