In an October 1931 promotional still for Tonight or Never, Gloria Swanson wears a gem-encrusted Chanel gown and a coordinating tiara in costume as the character Nella Varga, an opera singer who performs part of Tosca during the film

Tragic American actress Thelma Todd wears a costume tiara that appears to be covered in sequins for a studio portrait, ca. 1930s

American actress Frances Carson wears a costume tiara in a studio portrait by the famed Scottish photographer Alexander “Sasha” Stewart, December 1926