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1940s Domestic Comedies

Scenes from mid-20th century comedies featuring family dynamics and lighthearted interactions, set in cozy domestic settings.

Waiter serving champagne to guests at party

GROUCHO MARX and MARGARET DUMONT in ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930), directed by VICTOR HEERMAN.

RONALD COLMAN, JOAN BENNETT and LILYAN TASHMAN in BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1929), directed by F. RICHARD JONES.

CLIVE BROOK, UNA O'CONNOR and DIANA WYNYARD in CAVALCADE (1933), directed by FRANK LLOYD.

DAVID NIVEN and JUNE ALLYSON in MY MAN GODFREY (1957), directed by HENRY KOSTER.

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SI ADELITA SE FUERA CON OTRO (1948), directed by CHANO URUETA.

Hollywood, California: c. 1939 A man covers a woman's mouth as they both look on in fear and astonishment.

MARY PICKFORD in COQUETTE (1929), directed by SAM TAYLOR.

GEORGE RAFT and FAY WRAY in THE BOWERY (1933), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

DANIELE PAROLA in LES AMOURS DE MINUIT (1931), directed by MARC ALLEGRET.

THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT (1937) -Original title: EL OCTAVO MANDAMIENTO-, directed by ARTURO POCHET.

A BIG GUY (1936) -Original title: PODEROSO CABALLERO..-.

DAVID MANNERS and ANN DVORAK in CROONER (1932), directed by LLOYD BACON.

HUMPHREY BOGART, LESLIE HOWARD and BETTE DAVIS in THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936), directed by ARCHIE MAYO.

LAUREN BACALL, ROCK HUDSON, ROBERT STACK and DOROTHY MALONE in WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956), directed by DOUGLAS SIRK.

PAULINE FREDERICK in DEVIL'S ISLAND (1926), directed by FRANK O'CONNOR.

IRENE DUNNE, CARY GRANT and RALPH BELLAMY in THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937), directed by LEO MCCAREY.

ANTONIO VICO in EL GENIO ALEGRE (1939), directed by FERNANDO DELGADO.

Anefo photo collection. Musical "no no nanette" in Carré, Joop Doderer and Marijke Morley. February 19, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

LAURENCE HARVEY, HEATHER SEARS and DONALD WOLFIT in ROOM AT THE TOP (1959), directed by JACK CLAYTON.

Phillips Holmes, Helen Kane, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Fay Wray, on-set of the Film "Pointed Heels", 1929

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