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1930s-1950s Nightlife Scenes

Elegant gatherings and nightlife in vintage settings, featuring formal attire, jazz musicians, and a lively atmosphere. Rich tones and classic decor prevail.

Group of people dancing in a party

PAUL LUKAS and RUTH CHATTERTON in DODSWORTH (1936), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

MYRNA LOY, OTTO KRUGER and MAX BAER in THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY (1933), directed by W. S. VAN DYKE.

FERNANDO REY, GUILLERMO MARIN and TILDA THAMAR in EL CERCO DEL DIABLO (1952), directed by EDGAR NEVILLE, ARTURO RUIZ CASTILLO, ANTONIO DEL AMO and ENRIQUE GOMEZ.

FELIX DE POMES and MATILDE VAZQUEZ in DOÑA FRANCISQUITA (1934), directed by HANS BEHRENDT.

Fred MAC Murray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones in "Honeymoon In Bali" with Helen Broderick, Osa Massen, Carolyn Lee. February 01, 1940. (Photo by A Paramount Picture)

Nita Talbot, Debbie Reynolds, Robert H. Harris, on-set of the Film, "Bundle of Joy", RKO Radio Pictures, 1956

PILAR GUERRA (1941), directed by FELIX DE POMES.

JOSEPH COTTEN in GASLIGHT (1944), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

OLINDA BOZAN and LUIS SANDRINI in LA CASA DE LOS MILLONES (1942).

CLAUDETTE COLBERT and JOHN BARRYMORE in MIDNIGHT (1939), directed by MITCHELL LEISEN.

1920s COUPLE MAN WOMAN FORMAL EVENING CLOTHES DANCING OR STEPPING LIGHTLY

CAROLE LOMBARD and SIG RUMANN in TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

Film still from 'The Million Pound Note' starring Gregory Peck, Roland Squire, Joyce Grenfell, and Wilfrid Hyde-White.

GINGER ROGERS and FRED ASTAIRE in ROBERTA (1935), directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER.

REX HARRISON and AUDREY HEPBURN in MY FAIR LADY (1964), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

Film still from 'The Love Lottery' starring David Niven; Peggy Cummings, Herbert Lorn, and Anne Vernon.

DAVID NIVEN and MERLE OBERON in BELOVED ENEMY (1936), directed by H. C. POTTER.

DAVID NIVEN in ASK ANY GIRL (1959), directed by CHARLES WALTERS.

United States, c 1960Actor and singer Vic Damone in a stage productiom

PACO MARTINEZ SORIA and ADRIANA OZORES in ES PELIGROSO CASARSE A LOS 60 (1981), directed by MARIANO OZORES.

WILLIAM POWELL and ALICE BRADY in MY MAN GODFREY (1936), directed by GREGORY LA CAVA.

VIOLENT SATURDAY (1955), directed by RICHARD FLEISCHER.

ORSON WELLES in THREE CASES OF MURDER (1955), directed by DAVID EADY and GEORGE MORE O'FERRAL.

CHICO MARX, GROUCHO MARX and MARGARET DUMONT in THE BIG STORE (1941), directed by CHARLES REISNER.

DAVID NIVEN and KATHRYN GRAYSON in THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS (1950), directed by NORMAN TAUROG.

JOSE LUIS COLL and LOLA GAOS in LOS CHICOS CON LAS CHICAS (1967), directed by JAVIER AGUIRRE.

Anefo photo collection. Television game "in the bath". Pleuni Rope and Jan Retel. October 24, 1963

GREGORY PECK and RONALD SQUIRE in MAN WITH A MILLION (1953) -Original title: THE MILLION POUND NOTE-, directed by RONALD NEAME.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG in NEW ORLEANS (1947).

FRANCISCO RABAL and NURIA ESPERT in MARIA ROSA (1965), directed by ARMANDO MORENO.

RICHARD GERE and DIANE LANE in THE COTTON CLUB (1984), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

ALFREDO LANDA, TONY LEBLANC and CONCHA VELASCO in THEY WHO PLAY THE PIANO (1968) -Original title: LOS QUE TOCAN EL PIANO-, directed by JAVIER AGUIRRE.

NO QUIERO, NO QUIERO (1940), directed by FRANCISCO ELIAS.

THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE (1956).

MELVYN DOUGLAS, MERLE OBERON, BURGESS MEREDITH and SIG RUMANN in THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1941), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

KIM NOVAK and TYRONE POWER in THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY (1956), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

Film still from 'Maytime in Mayfair' starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Nicholas Phipps, and Thora Hird.

High angle view of a group of people cheering

REQUIEBRO (1955), directed by CARLOS SCHLIEPER.

"Oklahoma" Cast Received at Ambassador Dillon's. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

SARA MONTIEL in MY LAST TANGO (1960) -Original title: MI ULTIMO TANGO-.

PAUL LUKAS, HEDY LAMARR and GEORGE BRENT in EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944), directed by JACQUES TOURNEUR.

FERNANDO REY and BULLE OGIER in THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972) -Original title: LE CHARME DISCRET DE LA BOURGEOISIE-, directed by LUIS BUÑUEL.

Clifton Webb, Joan Blondell, on-set of the Film, "For Heaven's Sake", 20th Century-Fox, 1950

Gaumont-British presents "Take My Tip" Starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold Huth, Frank Cellier.A scene from the comedy film "Take my Tip", staring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge, which will broadcast through 2FC on Sunday evening, September 5th at ten minutes past nine. April 15, 1940.

Rosalind Russell, Richard Beymer, Maximilian Schell, Jack Hawkins, Annette, Gorman, on-set of the film, "Five Finger Exercise", Columbia Pictures, 1962

NADIUSKA in POLVO ERES.. (1974), directed by VICENTE ESCRIVA.

SARASATE (1941), directed by RICHARD BUSCH.

Elsa Lanchester, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs and James Stewart , Bell Book and Candle , 1958 directed by Richard Quine Columbia Pictures

PLACIDO (1961), directed by LUIS GARCIA BERLANGA.

DAVID NIVEN and AVA GARDNER in THE LITTLE HUT (1957), directed by MARK ROBSON.

GLENN FORD and MARGARET SULLAVAN in SO ENDS OUR NIGHT (1941), directed by JOHN CROMWELL.

JOSEF VON STERNBERG, GEORGE BANCROFT, CLIVE BROOK and EVELYN BRENT in UNDERWORLD (1927), directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG.

Tyrone Power and Kim Novak , The Eddy Duchin Story , 1956 directed by George Sidney Columbia Pictures

Banquet and ball at the Duesseldorf Hilton Hotel in 1966 accompanied by protest with reference to misery and terror in Brazil, Germany, Europe

Henry Gibson (Ben Lyon) and Daisy (Peggy Shannon) in ""The blue moon murder case"", Warner Bros, directed by Robert Florey

WARNER BAXTER and JOAN BENNETT in VOGUES OF 1938 (1937), directed by IRVING CUMMINGS.

Fun in the 1950s. A gentleman and two ballet dancers at the theatre. He's wearing a top hat and the girls have opened the curtain for him when he enters the stage. He is actor ˜ke Sˆderblom, 1910-1965. Sweden 1950s. Photo Kristoffersson Ref BR116-9

THERESA RUSSELL and GARY BUSEY in INSIGNIFICANCE (1985), directed by NICOLAS ROEG. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

STELLA STEVENS and JERRY VAN DYKE in THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER (1963), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

I Dream Too Much', 1935. Lily Pons's coloratura soprano provoked the rude remark that the picture should have been called 'I Scream too Much'.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Picture of the female actors when filming his first color film All these women 1964. From left: Harriet Andersson , Mona Malm , Eva Dahlbeck , Barbro Hiort af Ornäs , Karin Kavli , Gertrud Fridh , Bibi Andersson

TOAST OF THE TOWN (EV001666_H)

REX HARRISON and AUDREY HEPBURN in MY FAIR LADY (1964), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

JULIE ANDREWS, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER and ELEANOR PARKER in THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965), directed by ROBERT WISE.

Scene from 'All About Eve', Twentieth Century Fox film, 1950. Artist: Joseph L Mankiewicz

TOM BROWN and ROSALIND KEITH in ANNAPOLIS FAREWELL (1935), directed by ALEXANDER HALL.

RUDOLF PRACK in DER PAGE VOM PALAST-HOTEL (1958), directed by THOMAS ENGEL.

Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe , Clash by night , 1952 directed by Fritz Lang R.K.O. Radio Release

NELSON EDDY and ILONA MASSEY in BALALAIKA (1939).

LESLIE CARON and FRED ASTAIRE in DADDY LONG LEGS (1955), directed by JEAN NEGULESCO.

HARVEY KORMAN and MADELINE KAHN in BLAZING SADDLES (1974), directed by MEL BROOKS.

VIRGINIA MAYO and DANNY KAYE in THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (1947), directed by NORMAN Z. MCLEOD.

CANTINFLAS and ANGEL GARASA in CABALLERO A LA MEDIDA (1954), directed by MIGUEL M. DELGADO.

REPRESENTACION DE LA RESPETUOSA - DIRECCION DE MARSILLACH. Author: JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. Location: TEATRO POLIORAMA / ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS Y ARTES. Barcelona. SPAIN. GUILLEN FERNANDO 1932/.

International Club. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

FERNANDO FERNAN GOMEZ in AUTUMN ROSES (1943) -Original title: ROSAS DE OTOÑO-, directed by JUAN DE ORDUÑA.

MARIA PIAZZAI in AIR HEROES (1958) -Original title: HEROES DEL AIRE-, directed by RAMON TORRADO.

LUCA DE TENA , JUAN IGNACIO. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1897 - 1975. " EL REY DE LAS FINANZAS " , REPRESENTACION TEATRAL EN MADRID.

UN MILLON EN LA BASURA (1967), directed by JOSE MARIA FORQUE.

CHARLES COBURN, JOEL MCCREA and JEAN ARTHUR in THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

DIANE LANE and JAMES REMAR in THE COTTON CLUB (1984), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

ALFREDO MAYO, ALICIA ROMAY and MARIA PAZ MOLINERO in OBSESION (1947), directed by ARTURO RUIZ CASTILLO.

NIÑAS... AL SALON (1977), directed by VICENTE ESCRIVA.

ELSA LANCHESTER, CHARLES LAUGHTON and BILLY MERSON in COMETS (1930), directed by SASHA GENEEN.

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in MY LEFT FOOT (1989), directed by JIM SHERIDAN.

JACK LEMMON and TONY CURTIS in SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959), directed by BILLY WILDER.

PELICULA : EL DEPORTISTA. ACTORES , LILIAN DE CELIS , A. JORDAN.

1920s WILD PARTY WITH WOMAN FLAPPER TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN IN ARMS OF MAN DANCING SILENT MOVIE STILL

Original Film Title: A FAREWELL TO ARMS. English Title: A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Film Director: CHARLES VIDOR. Year: 1957. Stars: ROCK HUDSON; JENNIFER JONES.

GROUCHO MARX in MONKEY BUSINESS (1931), directed by NORMAN Z. MCLEOD.

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