MacPherson’s income—equivalent to over $750,000 a year today—afforded her access to the rarest luxuries during the 1920s, when excess was commonplace.
Unsurprisingly, she dressed accordingly.
The screenwriter was also an accomplished pilot and was frequently photographed in full flight regalia, as seen in this 1920 photo.
(Image courtesy of Altadena Filming.)
(Image courtesy of Altadena Filming.)
Last month I shared the astounding discovery of several items belonging to Jeanie MacPherson, Cecil B. DeMille’s long time scenarist and screenwriter, in a plastic garbage bag headed for the dump. Given the objects’ age and provenance, I would have been flattened to find a single garment intact. Instead, I found the clothing equivalent of Tutankhamen’s tomb in shockingly good condition.
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