Classic Adventure Themes

A collection of vintage film scenes depicting adventure and exploration, showcasing contrasting emotions and cultural themes in black and white imagery.

1949 - In this comedy movie, two friends (Abbott and Costello) cry because they mistakenly think the other has died on the expedition.

Rin Tin Tin in ""The Night Cry""

FLASH GORDON (1936), directed by FREDERICK STEPHANI and RAY TAYLOR.

KING KONG (1933), directed by MERIAN C. COOPER and ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK.

MARIA ALBA in MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE (1932), directed by A. EDWARD SUTHERLAND.

CORDE, UN COLT, UNE (1969), directed by ROBERT HOSSEIN.

LORI NELSON in DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1955), directed by ROGER CORMAN.

THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU (1968), directed by JESUS FRANCO.

Anefo photo collection. Television game "Bridge of sighs", v.l.n.r. Elly van Stekelenburg, Mia Goossen, Eric van de Donk, Hans Culeman and Bernhard dry. October 5, 1960

The last film Fairbanks Junior ***** Hollywood for Warner Brothers was "A Narrow Corner." He was up all night being drenched continually with forty tons of water (see story in text). February 9, 1955.

LEX BARKER in SCARLET EYE (1963) -Original title: DAS TODESAUGE VON CEYLON-, directed by GERD OSWALD.

UNDER THE LEATHER HELMET (1932) -Original title: SOUS LE CASQUE DE CUIR-.

VALLEY OF THE GWANGI (1969), directed by JAMES O'CONNOLLY.

RORY CALHOUN in WAY OF A GAUCHO (1952), directed by JACQUES TOURNEUR.

JEFF CHANDLER, SANDRA DEE and JUNE ALLYSON in A STRANGER IN MY ARMS (1959).

Gary Clarke, John Garwood, Fight Scene, on-set of the Film, "Dragstrip Riot", American International Pictures, 1958

ORSON WELLES in OEDIPUS THE KING (1967).

DEMON PLANET (1965) -Original title: TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO-, directed by MARIO BAVA.

THE SIGN OF THE PAGAN (1954), directed by DOUGLAS SIRK.

HUMPHREY BOGART, ROBERT MORLEY and GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA in BEAT THE DEVIL (1953), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

SOPHIA LOREN in THE RIVER GIRL (1955) -Original title: LA DONNA DEL FIUME-, directed by MARIO SOLDATI.

STEWART GRANGER and SYLVIA KOSCINA in SWORDSMAN OF SIENA (1962) -Original title: LA CONGIURA DEI DIECI-, directed by ETIENNE PERIER.

Film still from 'The Seekers' starring Laya Raki, Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, and Noel Purcell.

Elsevier photo collection. Opera "Attima" ("episode Javanese national life) Constant van de Wall increased Fransche Opera Hague. 1917. Hague, South Holland

Richard Carlson (left), Richard Conte (center), on-set of the Film, "Bengazi", RKO Radio Pictures, 1955

Turhan Bey, Walter Huston, Robert Bice, on-set of the film, "Dragon Seed", MGM, 1944

MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY (1981) -Original title: CANNIBAL FEROX-.

ANTHONY QUINN in GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN (1968) -Original title: LA BATAILLE DE SAN SEBASTIAN-, directed by HENRI VERNEUIL.

GREGORY PECK, DAVID NIVEN and ANTHONY QUINN in THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961), directed by J. LEE THOMPSON.

SABELA DE CAMBADOS (1949), directed by RAMON TORRADO.

ALFREDO MAYO and ARTURO MARIN in OBSESION (1947), directed by ARTURO RUIZ CASTILLO.

ANTHONY FORWOOD in THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MEN (1952), directed by KEN ANNAKIN.

GREGORY PECK and CLAUDE JARMAN JR. in THE YEARLING (1946), directed by CLARENCE BROWN.

THE LOST WORLD (1925), directed by HARRY HOYT.

THEM! (1954), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

CHARLTON HESTON in PLANET OF THE APES (1968), directed by FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER.

TARZAN OF THE APES (1918), directed by SCOTT SIDNEY.

VICTOR MCLAGLEN, BORIS KARLOFF and NEIL HAMILTON in THE LOST PATROL (1934), directed by JOHN FORD.

DINOSAUR (2000), directed by ERIC LEIGHTON and RALPH ZONDAG.

JENNIFER JONES and CHARLTON HESTON in RUBY GENTRY (1952), directed by KING VIDOR.

Nigel Green, on-set of the film, "The Kremlin Letter", 20th Century-Fox, 1970

"20,000 Men A Year" A 20th Century-Fox Picture. A Cosmopolitan Production. November 5, 1947.

THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977), directed by DON TAYLOR.

ROBERT TAYLOR and ANNE CRAWFORD in KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (1953), directed by RICHARD THORPE.

THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977), directed by DON TAYLOR.

THE LOST WORLD (1925), directed by HARRY HOYT.

BURT LANCASTER in HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE (1954), directed by BYRON HASKIN.

PLANET OF DINOSAURS (1978), directed by JAMES K. SHEA.

Krakatoa; East of Java (1969) a disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. Film depicting the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa; in the Dutch east Indies (Indonesia).

NOEL PURCELL in THE BLUE LAGOON (1949), directed by FRANK LAUNDER.

ANTONIO BANDERAS in REQUIEM POR UN CAMPESINO ESPAÑOL (1985), directed by FRANCESC BETRIU.

WHEN TIME RAN OUT.. (1980), directed by JAMES GOLDSTONE.

MICHAEL YORK in THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977), directed by DON TAYLOR.

GREGORY PECK in MOBY DICK (1956), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

STEVE REEVES in THE TROJAN WAR (1961) -Original title: LA GUERRA DI TROIA-, directed by GIORGIO FERRONI.

AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS (1990) -Original title: YUME-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

KERWIN MATHEWS in THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER (1960), directed by JACK SHER.

TOSHIRO MIFUNE in THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) -Original title: KUMONOSU-JÔ-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

JOHNNY WEISSMULLER in TARZAN AND THE HUNTRESS (1947), directed by KURT NEUMANN.

JOHNNY WEISSMULLER in TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE (1942), directed by RICHARD THORPE.

GEORGE SANDERS in THE MOON AND SIXPENCE (1942), directed by ALBERT LEWIN.

ERROL FLYNN in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ and WILLIAM KEIGHLEY.

SUD SANAEHA (2002), directed by APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL.

KIRK DOUGLAS and JAN STERLING in ACE IN THE HOLE (1951), directed by BILLY WILDER.

ROCK HUDSON and CLAUDIA CARDINALE in BLINDFOLD (1965), directed by PHILIP DUNNE.

KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962) -Original title: KINGUKONGU TAI GOJIRA-, directed by ISHIRO HONDA.

CHANG: A DRAMA OF THE WILDERNESS (1927), directed by MERIAN C. COOPER and ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK.

Set designers involved in the creation of the dragon Fafner for the representation of Siegfried by Richard Wagner at La Scala in Milan, December 1910, Italy, photo by Treves, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 51, December 18, 1910.

KAZUNARI NINOMIYA and YUKI MATSUZAKI in LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

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