Salomé (1922) Nazimova - Excerpts -- Dance of the Seven Veils - Richard Strauss
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- "Dance of the Seven Veils" performed by Nazimova, set to music by Richard Strauss. This video features the dance sequence and finale of the silent film, Salomé (1922), produced by and starring Alla Nazimova. It is an adaptation of the 1891 Oscar Wilde play of the same name, written by Natacha Rambova, credited as Peter M. Winters. The costumes and sets were designed by Natacha Rambova, based on illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Rambova was the wife of actor Rudolph Valentino.
Plot:
King Herod's stepdaughter Salome seduces him with a dance and is promised the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
Cast:
• Alla Nazimova as Salomé, Stepdaughter of Herod
• Mitchell Lewis as Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Judea
• Rose Dione as Herodias, wife of Herod
• Earl Schenck as Narraboth, Captain of the Guard
• Arthur Jasmine as Page of Herodias
• Nigel De Brulier as Jokanaan, the Prophet
• Frederick Peters as Naaman, the Executioner
• Louis Dumar as Tigellinus
Music:
"Dance of the Seven Veils" from "Salome", a one-act opera composed by Richard Strauss, which premiered in Dresden on December 9, 1905.
The first version heard in the video was performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Karl Böhm. The oboe and flute excerpts in the middle were performed by Stephen Shiels and Jeanne Baxtresser, respectively. The second version at the end was arranged by Kazuhiro Morita, performed by Inagakuen Sogo H.S. Wind Orchestra of Omiya City, conducted by Tomoki Ubata.
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Pretty outrageous stuff for the times. I wonder what people thought when they first saw this over 100 years ago...some of her looks would make a comeback in the punk/new wave era of the 80's.
Yes it did the black eyeliner, fuzzy bleached hair dark lips
Nothing new I suppose.
It bombed. Now it's a cult film
Interesting set and costumes. I won't watch it a second time.
right?! isn't that Debbie Harry? ;)
Pensei exatamentew a mesma coisa! Um escandalo para a época.
you're right of course ... but the fashionistas of the Roaring `20s were quite punkish and outrageous in most of their styles back in the day ... just check out other movies and photos of the era and you'll surely agree with me ... some skirts were almost mini-jupe in some instances ... 🙂 if you watch Fritz Lang's masterpiece, Metropolis, made in the same era only a few years later, you'd see similar traits, and some full nude performances ... there were actual sexual intercourse scenes in some Hollywood movies of the pre-code era too! Hedy Lamarr acted in one such 'naughty' scene for example ...
Marvellous to see this so well preserved - a cultural gem
Wow. The art imagery. Every shot is a treasure.
So evocative of Beardsley I kept taking screenshots.
Wow ! Fantastic ! Poses must have influenced all those 1930s bronzes and figurines you see. Always loved Aubrey Beardsley drawings ❤
昔，ヌレエフ主演の映画「バレンチノ」にアラ・ナジモワとその恋人の女性も描かれていて，この動画のヘアスタイルにしたナジモワ役の女優がルドルフ・バレンチノの葬儀にすごい衣装でやってきて棺に泣き伏すというポーズで新聞の一面を飾るという写真が激写されていました。
なかなか芸術的な作品でじっと見入ってしまいます。
衣装や構図が凝っていて楽しいです。
Capolavoro,con gli abiti e scenografie disegnate da A.Breadsley,amico di Wilde e grande illustratore.
E si riconosce il suo tocco,la modernità e la bellezza.
Grandi musiche di Richard Strauss. 👏❤️
Her dancing was so avante garde. And that hair! A real trend setter!
Like @GrantTarradeus, I came to this via my admiration for Val Lewton, Nazimova's nephew (he grew up in her house from the age of 5, his father having squandered the family's wealth gambling). But I also adore Richard Strauss, Oscar Wilde, the Decadent movement, and Salome's legacy as an inspiration to the early modernists. Wow. Now I must add Alla Nazimova to the pantheon. She was the catalyst for this amazing production. Her capitalization on the story's inherent critique of the male gaze in cinema is nothing short of astonishing. Thank you for sharing it!
Thank you for your very interesting comment! I'm glad that you appreciate Nazimova's contribution to the art of cinema.
When The Huntington Hartford Museum at 2 Columbus Circle (now something else) inaugurated it's film program in the late 1960s, the first film shown was Salome starring Nazimova. The guest for the day was Oscar Wilde's (now elderly) youngest son! His name was now Vyvyan Holland and he was the author of cook books.
Herod's wife looked like she stumbled in from a hippie enclave.
This production was way ahead of its time.
Her outfit is great! You really see the Aubrey Beardsley influence.
The 1960s were inspired by the 1920s, fashion and culture. The historical pendulum swings between Apollo and Dionysis, classic and roccocco, conservation and experimentation. Humans are a lot of fun!
She was quite a looker, @thurayya8905.
I was thinking the sand thing !
One can only imagine what this was like live, the colors, and the sound.
I agree. Someone has to upscale and colorize this original bw film.
Amazing piece of restoration of a silent film So clear and great set designs
Crazy! Love the guys in the band!
What a strange thing in such a time.
Fantastic. Fabulous acting, sets, filming. That titan Strauss's music is perfect. Wow.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
First time I've seen this. Thanks for posting.
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!
Thank You so much for the upload. When Art meant a sublime detailed research moved by an utter Passion. With my all admiration and regards.
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
Magnificent! It must have been scandalous back in the day. They could only get away with it, if it was a biblical narrative. Beautifully edited! Thank you!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
As a passionate admirer of Alla Nazimova’s nephew Val Lewton since my teens (I’m 63) I’ve read about her many times, but until now had only seen her in stills. Thank you for a fascinating gift!
Thank you so much!
Great to see this. Wonderfully atmospheric. Not too sure about the dancing though.
If I'm reading this correctly, and going by the film cues, during Salome's dance at first, she's getting some people hot and bothered. One of them seeming to be another woman, and a guy who gets weirdly touchy with another guy. That's kind of surprising, if the not too subtle implications are what I'm seeing here. There's a lot to take in here, it's wonderful you've given us the chance to see this today. What a joy it must be to make art like this that lives on so strongly.
@@Gruesome420 So glad you enjoyed it. Nazimova was bisexual and openly conducted relationships with women while being married to a man. “Salomé” is considered the first mainstream art movie and has long been rumored to have an all-queer cast. The script was written by the famous gay author, Oscar Wilde. Tony Bravo of the SF Chronicle called it "a queer fever dream."
WOW--they nailed it 1922--and labor of love to synch a good clear strauss audio with it--thank you so much, gilda
Maravilhoso assistir a essa película restaurada do Cinema mudo de 1923. Salomé, ato II, uma obra-prima de R. Strauss e grande elenco de atores. Parabéns ao canal.
Muito obrigado! Estou tão feliz que você tenha gostado.
É de uma vanguarda difícil de se imaginar para a época. E para hoje, também! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you for your insightful comments. Art Deco everywhere And the scenes being shown. Nazimova, and Isadora Duncan championed modern dance a century ago.
It may look a bit clunky to us now but it was true heartfelt emotion back then.
The music of Strauss!
New Subscriber! You caught me Gilda with this haunting film. Having been a ballet dancer I heard about the "Seven Veils" numerous times but it evaded me. Now nearly 75, it unleashed its magic thanks to you! I'm ever so grateful with love..💌
@@CrosbieLane Thank you for your very kind comment!
It's a pleasure and honor to hear from you. 💗
@@GildaTabarez Tis my honor having found you!🥰
What a gift it was to watch.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
It is wonderful ! so intense , expressive , great creativity ! Beautiful ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing. Excellent production. I just recently read Oscar Wilde's Salome. It is engrossing, so unlike his other plays. Please read it. You will appreciate his insights.
I read Wilde's play. Interesting seeing it in a live-action film.
Everybody criticizing Nazimova's dancing, maybe you'd like Ludmilla Tcherina's dancing better:
ua-cam.com/video/l0K8OmU0ZIA/v-deo.htmlsi=0EnjQQNrdlg8qdog
The full-length Salomé (1969) is here:
ua-cam.com/video/Pd_61QMZrEM/v-deo.htmlsi=Xjy9BIfDPM2xLo1O
Ludmilla Tcherina was 45 years old when she portrayed Salomé, a year older than Nazimova. Tcherina could both act and dance. I remenber seeing this film as a child on PBS and never forgot it.
Oh my word - I just watched the clip you recommended- incredible incredible !
@@lesleyearltempletonSo glad you enjoyed it. I have uploaded the complete dance and other scenes featuring the beautiful and talented Ludmilla Tchérina here:
ua-cam.com/video/HDJiXxM2UvY/v-deo.htmlsi=9Z19imJa3dh4PwYX
Прекрасная игра артистов 😂😂😂 Но это всё равно очень трогательно и наивно 😢😢😢 Браво людям подарившим Нам в 21 веке такие прекрасные фильмы об искусстве 19- 20 веков - ведь эти артисты жили в парадигме 19 века .❤❤❤
Amazing! Beautiful, thank you so very much.
Thank you too! I'm delighted that you enjoyed it.
in 1922 those bare shoulders and form fitting costumes with short skirts were scandalous!
This was made preproduction code.
Well, That was... interesting.
One hundred and two years old.
This is the strangest thing.
What a revelation! I just wish the print was as clear as the music. Thank you for sharing, Gilda!
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. The version shown here was restored by The Library of Congress and Lobster Films from a nitrate print preserved by Film Preservation Associates Inc. As you can see by comparison in the following review video, they cleaned up the print very nicely:
ua-cam.com/video/25yrlaqVa20/v-deo.htmlsi=6rSHGHFJ_5Fsu7b1
I added the music by Richard Strauss for UA-cam.
Beautiful. ❤
Amazing, luminous performance.
Thank you!
According to several sources, the Hays Code was not applied to any films until 1934. Hays and his associates did start getting together in 1922 but they did not complete their rules and get cooperation for enforcement until 1934.
If anyone restricted dance movements in this movie, it wasn't due to Hays.
You are correct, but my point was that the Hays Code was created at this time due to the prevailing moral climate of that era. The play was banned in Britain. Approval was withheld because of a rule prohibiting the depiction of biblical characters on stage. The ban on public performance of Salome in England was not lifted until 1931.
In my opinion, even the famous dance of Robot Maria in Metropolis (1927) was quite restrained even though Germany was not as prudish in the 1920s as America. I think just common decency stopped film actresses from twerking and writhing around the way we're used to seeing today.
Can you give me an example of a truly sexy dance performance in a silent film by today's standards?
I just thought of a silent film with a beautiful, sensual dance -- Anna May Wong in Piccadilly (1929), but there was little to no chance she would be cast in the title role of a film about Salome. There were lots of restrictions back then.
@@GildaTabarez The movies and the morals of the 1920's in the United States were not yet ruled by the Hays Code of 1934. Movie moguls were busy producing movies that made lots of money and they weren't really interested in killing their cash cows. The era of the 1920's was often called the "Roaring 20's" and featured shorter skirts and rouged knees for the ladies and the wild dances of the Charleston and the Black Bottom.
Here are some entertainments of the 10's and 20's that I believe contain dances/movements that weren't stiff or jerky:
* Afternoon of a Fawn performed by the great Nijinski (movie short of the ballet)
* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse silent with a tango performed by Valentino.
* The Sheik with dance movements by Valentino (American women went wild for anything Rudy did)
* Broadway theatre dance pieces performed by the Ziegfeld Girls
* Vaudeville and burlesque performers such as Sally Rand and her Fan Dance
@@marthawelch4289 Well, there would be no silent film about Oscar Wilde's Salomé without Nazimova. Is there a Ziegfeld girl or a fan dancer who could act as well as she did? Even if there were, no one else was going to make such a film.
She deserves some credit for making one of the first art films, which is a lot different from vaudeville, burlesque or popular dances of the time.
Males didn't dance in a suggestive manner until Elvis Presley, except for Nijinsky as the Faun, but it caused a huge scandal.
Bravo 🎉
If I recall my reading of the play correctly, Salome is killed not not spears but by being crushed by the shields of her fathers guards. Herod looks appropriately drunk in much of this production
You are correct about the shields. Death by spears was more visually elegant.
"Nazimova and Rambova set out to elevate the movies by creating a Gesamtkunstwerk, a 'total work of art,' uniting design, staging, and gesture to achieve a kind of silent ballet... It was left to the visuals and acting to convey the story..." -- Catherine A. Surowiec
silentfilm.org/salome/
Oooooooh. scarey!
But so fascinating. Thanks!
Count Floyd, what are you doing here? Awoooooo! 😄
Dad's a little too excited if you know what I mean.
Not a lot happens around there. Plus he does not get out much.
Yes, he is, I agree with you
He told his concubine that she reminded him of his daughter.
Salome's his step-niece. Yeah, he's getting just a bit too carried away here. This version is interesting, but you have to see The Dance of the Seven Veils in a great performance of Strauss' actual opera with a real professional ballet dancer. This performance is quite lackluster - for me anyway.
😅 He was one of Trump's ancient ancestors! @@gbeachy2010
The last time she did the dance of the seven veils, six of her veils were in the laundry so it was a fast dance.
Thanx for unveiling the truth! 😄
😂😂
This is just how I pictured it.
Marvellous !
I saw this when I was verry young and it staid with me the way Telly Tubbies does with toddlers today. She seemed to glow and all the odd characters where small like me .(At the time)
Until YT I would never have had any idear what it was ,it was just, almost an image.
This is so interesting, thank you
A very early Fellini film.
Possibly Frankie Howard’s earliest work. 😂
...silvery shadows on a screen accompanied by music and sentiments expressed by emotion filled face and body movements...
This is precious! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful, lovely, true art! Great in every respect! ❤
Дивно је видети ове старе снимке као сведочанство времена.
Depiction of a 🎬 scene that is not so easy to portray!
Now I see why she wanted the head of John the Baptist.
Salome had nothing to do with wanting the head of John the Baptist... it was her mother, Herodias who wanted John killed (he'd been insulting and vilifying her in public). At the feast Salome's dancing so enthralled Herod ("I'd probably be dating her if she weren't my daughter!) he then granted her any request. Herodias prompted her to ask her for John's head who was then beheaded. Herod knew this would cause trouble but, whaddaya gonna do, a vow's a vow, eh?
Wow! Thank you!
They could've had showers and shampoo and conditioner back then. Lol
All young women go through this phase. Could this be any more fin de siecle?
End of what? Century?
@@JiveDadson"Fin de Siècle is a French phrase meaning 'end of century' and is applied specifically as a historical term to the end of the nineteenth century and even more specifically to decade of 1890s.
Fin de Siècle is an umbrella term embracing symbolism, decadence
and all related phenomena (e.g. art nouveau) which reached a peak in 1890s. Although almost synonymous with other terms such as the Eighteen-
Nineties, the Mauve Decade, the Yellow Decade and the Naughty Nineties, the fin de siècle however expresses an apocalyptic sense of the end of a phase of civilisation. The real end of this era came not in 1900 but with First World War 1914." -- Tate
www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/fin-de-siecle#:~:text=Fin%20de%20Si%C3%A8cle%20is%20a,specifically%20to%20decade%20of%201890s
Could you lend some insight please into the phase young women go through? I'm unsure of the context and fear I am poorly educated.
@@PrismaticTentacle I was joking. But it is fin de siecle, 1900ish.
@davidmayhew8083 joking about what though? That's what I'm asking about..I don't understand and I was hoping you'd explain. It's not your fault I'm an idiot.
There's a great essay about the film by Catherine A. Surowiec on the San Francisco Silent Film Festival website:
silentfilm.org/salome/
what stupid comments from people who haven't watched this
Of course. This is the UA-cam comment section.
This is the movie Pee Wee was watching when arrested 😅
They had no censhorip in the 20s and many actresses beared all never had bras and see through clothes
It was mostly tasteful nudity and not that common. The Twenties may have been "roaring" -- yet Prohibition lasted from 1920 until 1933. The moral majority was a force to be reckoned with back then. "During the 1920s, pressure to censor the movies grew. In 1922 alone, 22 state legislatures considered bills to impose state and local censorship." -- www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/historyonline/film_censorship.cfm
"Film censorship in the United States was a frequent feature of the industry almost from the beginning of the U.S. motion picture industry until the end of strong self-regulation in 1966." -- Wikipedia
"The “Pre-Code” Era was a short time, roughly 1931 to 1934, when American movies were at their most raucous and racy, a time when illicit sex and violence were common themes." -- Marian Luntz
a little masterpiece of a great classical work : the set, the costumes, the music, performance, everything! pity the copy is so low quality ... 😞
There is a remastered DVD version or the high-definition Blu-ray Disc version from Kino International. However, the Richard Stauss soundtrack I added myself for UA-cam. The various editions are reviewed here:
silentera.com/video/hardLuckHV.html
@@GildaTabarez thank you for the clarifying reply ... will check the link ...
@@dadautubeI'm sorry I sent you a link for the Buster Keaton dvd/Blu-ray by mistake! There is no Blu-ray for Nazimova's Salomé, but one may be in the works:
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Salome-Blu-ray/354799/
The version shown here was restored by The Library of Congress and Lobster Films from a nitrate print preserved by Film Preservation Associates Inc. As you can see by comparison in the following review video, they cleaned up the print very nicely:
ua-cam.com/video/25yrlaqVa20/v-deo.htmlsi=6rSHGHFJ_5Fsu7b1
@@GildaTabarez thanks for the kind reply ... yes, you sent the wrong link ... but i did search around and found the movie's full version on at least four different UA-cam channels ... some have different musics ... one was fully silent ... and one does have some interesting music that doesn't sound bad ... (see below please ...)
only one of them happens to have a slightly better image quality than the rest ... i also found another not-too-bad copy on a Russian website, with a nice music on the footage, probably created originally for this movie but in later (more recent) times ...
the problem with many of the ancient movies is that their original negatives are either totally lost, or worse, they are in an unusable condition ... (some producers either discarded everything to do with those movies that didn't sell well, or simply extracted the silver from them to sell the material in the market even if the movie did sell well in the first place but declined in attracting more viewers later ...) 😞
so, what's left of many of those great movies are some badly damaged often broken in parts positive copies attheir best ... it is possible however, to retrieve some usable images out of those bad copies ... but in the end, it never matches the original, unfortunately! and the lost footage are never to be found anyways ...
ironically, Nazimova herself regretted acting and/or making ALL of her movies and wished she could burn "every inch" of them! could she have been the one responsible for the missing footage of some of his works? (she produced and co-directed Salome` for example ...)
The actual film is some 70 minutes long.
I have added "excerpts" in the title since not everyone reads the description. There are several complete versions on UA-cam with different music, even one that is colorized. Also, there are other videos with selected scenes only, like this one. If the total running time is at least 1 hour, 12 minutes, then it is complete.
@@GildaTabarez Thank you, I may have missed that.
59 thumbs down? What's wrong with it I mean you?
I can't see the dislikes which is just as well since there are lots of trolls who have nothing positive to contribute.
@@GildaTabarez I imagine some trolls give false positives as well. Happy trolls!
@@paulj0557tonehead Happy trolls are always welcome.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREKLwEb/
Who knew the Miniskirt was invented in 1922 ...
The midget musicians with the crazy hats are amazing
I don't think the picture 122 years ago! The state is also beautiful. Wonderful! Moreover, the beauty of monochrome is unbearable!
A classic. n
He certainly garbled the story. The Adultery was between the the king and her mother. the wish for John's head was from her mother. The costumes are wild and creative. The story is rediculus.
Remember this is an historical "phantasy". Just because you don't like something doesn't make it "rediculous". If you think the costumes are wild and creative, you should see the French production of
Salomé (1969) starring Ludmilla Tchérina.
Костюмы были сделаны по рисункам Бердслея, в точности повторены его рисунки. Алла Назимова, исполнившая роль Саломеи, сама была сценаристом этого фильма и захотела, чтобы костюмы были точным повторением рисунков Бердслея.
The play by Oscar Wilde was loosely based on the Biblical account, with a good deal of turn of the century decadence thrown in. This is not a Biblical epic, but an adaptation of the Wilde play. Richard Strauss did the same thing with his opera, including an incredible finale where Salome essentially makes love to Jokanaan’s/John’s head, including a passionate kiss. I suspect Fritz Lang may have been influenced by this in the false Maria’s dance in Metropolis.
Like your spelling.
The King looks like Benny Hill
Mental! Love it!
Thank you for this version with the Strauss music; I found the synthesizer soundtrack on another version rather annoying, it put me off watching.
@@art2liv4 Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Judith Anderson played the mother in - can’t remember the date ,but some years ago. And Judith Anderson was pure evil no one can play the part like her - Rest In Peace Judith
Yes, she was excellent as Herodias in Salome (1953).
Reminds me of Kabuki theater. It's so bad it's good. 🤣
More, more 👏👏👏
This is what Wagner meant when he called opera "total art", wiith a combination of drama, music and art, but this adds cinema, too, and I like it much better than anything Wagner ever did.
What are the knobs on salome’s mother’s hands????
😊
The Munchkinland version.
Kind of creepy, but that was possibly the reality. Herod OMG no words.
Like Rosalind Russell said in "Picnic" (1955): "My those ancient people were depraved."
The only thing lacking was dancing talent
dang, they don't make 'em like they used to
I've often found it curious in popular culture, theater, myth/storytelling etc why Salome is often vilifyed and portrayed as a cunning seductress who was responsible fir the death of John the Baptist when in actuality the real villain was Herod's wife, she wanted him dead. Beardsley took the biblical account, rearranged parts and totally made up others and there we get the more "theatrical" version. It's interesting to note in the biblical account she is not named, it's Josephus who gives us her name.
The story is based on Oscar Wilde's one-act play Salomé. The costumes and sets were inspired by Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations for this play. Oscar Wilde was inspired by Flaubert's story
Hérodias and by poetry and paintings about Salome.
The theme of the play is unfulfilled desire and sexual perversion, probably because sex sells. Most films based on historical events are embellished for dramatic effect or to fill in unknown details. In the bible, we don't know Salome's name. In the biblical story of Delilah little more than her name is known about her either. In the film, Samson and Delilah (1949) Delilah played by Hedy Lamarr falls in love with Samson and feels remorse for betraying him. In the biblical text it's not indicated that the two even had a sexual relationship, only that Samson loved Delilah.
Oscar Wilde's Salomé was banned in the UK because of a rule prohibiting the depiction of biblical characters on stage. It was not performed publicly in Britain until 1931.
Source: Wikipedia
Was this the pilot for Married With Children?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fact: Silent movies were much better then sound movies.....by far.....
Vintage ! There has to be more to life than desiring some dancing woman . To each his own I guess. :O)
Vintage but it still happens and even worse. Today we have a former billionaire President who fancied a porno star who he said looked like his daughter.
I used to dance professionally and, to be honest, this is one of the most boring dance of the seven veils I have ever seen. Azimova's talent was wasted in this choreography.
wow
I wonder what it would be like if they used an actress who could dance?
Maybe it would have looked something like Anna May Wong's dance in Piccadilly (1929), except with a middle eastern costume and moves. She was very beautiful, graceful and seductive. Still, Alla Nazimova deserves a lot of credit for bankrolling Salomé and creating one of the first art films in the United States.
ua-cam.com/video/njtyFAhJ6ZE/v-deo.htmlsi=fME74ydmqRgbl133
I always thought it went: Da-da-daa-da-da, Da-da-dada-dada-da😂
Salome had daddy issues. "The historical Salome married first Philip, Tetrarch of Trachonitis, who was her father's half brother as well as half brother of her mother's second husband, making him her uncle on both her father's and her mother's side. After his death Salome married Aristobulus, her first cousin, and had three sons by him. In A.D. 72 he was crowned king of Chalcis and Salome became queen."
www.nytimes.com/2002/06/30/books/l-husbands-of-salome-652407.html
her old looks like a demented version of Dracula, And I doubt John the Baptist stayed outside the castle’s window yelling for the people to cut Salome down. Meanwhile Salome looks like on the 40’s glamor girls at the beach. Utterly ridiculous but funny.
And they wonder about people who refuse to read ....the New Book on the same subject!⚖️🐼⚖️
Poor John, skinny, ?…
Salome was a mean girl.
Welp. I guess I'm going to be having nightmares tonight. 😳
Thyme was once prescribed as a cure for nightmares.
ok ....all I can say is...wow THAT was bizarre. LOL
Is the executioner wearing pasties??