German Girl

A German dancer at the Scala Theater, 1942.

From Getty images:

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/revue-in-the-scala-theater-cancan-dancer-photographer-josef-news-photo/542353035

Another German cancan image from Getty:

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/germany-free-state-prussia-berlin-berlin-revue-girls-the-news-photo/548181039

Darmora Ballett at the Scala Theater

Another historic photo from the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website that in turn comes from the holdings of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg. The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek site is located at:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/H4UZV3VFYRQYQVB4YKF5L5ZUDGL4S73N?viewType=list&offset=560&query=scala&rows=20&firstHit=PTR5NYGKPMZJZOEAOGEDSYASSABHE3T7&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=564

The Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg site where this photo is located is:

https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/bild_zoom/zoom.php?bestand=20677&id=633431&gewaehlteSeite=05_0000091838_0001_5-91838-1.png&screenbreite=1093&screenhoehe=614

PS:  I should be able to resume posting for a while, sometimes sporadically.

Scala (Hiller) Girls

Chorus girls (possibly the Hiller girls) in full flash mode.  They are performing here at the Scala theater. The photo dates from 1935 and was taken by Willy Pragher who photographed many revue shows of the period at various theaters in Berlin. 

This is a photo from the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website that in turn comes from the holdings of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.  The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek site is located at:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/IKVWVJX55FC34ESWZKKT5CSYORO5CR75?viewType=list&offset=140&query=scala&rows=20&firstHit=PTR5NYGKPMZJZOEAOGEDSYASSABHE3T7&lastHit=lasthit&hitNumber=150

The Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg site where this photo is located is:

https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/bild_zoom/zoom.php?bestand=23144&id=2803234&gewaehlteSeite=05_0000754336_0001_5-754336-1.png&screenbreite=1093&screenhoehe=614

The history of the Scala, which did not survive Goebbels or the War, can be found at:

http://www.cabaret-berlin.com/?p=41