Classic Cinema Characters

Iconic black-and-white imagery depicting characters engaged in dramatic situations, showcasing vintage fashion and intense emotions in storytelling.

United States: c. 1954 A young girl wearing a cowboy hat watching a man play violin on television.

MASSIMO RANIERI in METELLO (1970), directed by MAURO BOLOGNINI.

CONSTANCE TOWERS in THE NAKED KISS (1964), directed by SAMUEL FULLER.

GEORGES MARCHAL in THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS (1956) -Original title: UNA AVENTURA DE GIL BLAS-, directed by RENE JOLIVET.

FRANCISCO RABAL in NAZARIN (1959), directed by LUIS BUÑUEL.

TAKASHI SHIMURA in IKURU (1952) -Original title: IKIRU-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

ANDREW KEIR in FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH (1967) -Original title: QUATERMASS AND THE PIT-, directed by ROY WARD BAKER.

JOHN SUTTON and PEGGY ANN GARNER in JANE EYRE (1944), directed by ROBERT STEVENSON.

BRECHT, BERTOLT. ESCRITOR ALEMAN . 1898 - 1956. " LA IRRESISTIBLE ASCENSION DE ARTURO UI ". REPRESENTADA EN MADRID , AÑO 1975. DIRECTOR/ JOSE LUIS GOMEZ. SFGP / © KORPA.

Anefo photo collection. TV recordings: The Mountries. Left Rene van Vooren, behind the table Piet Bambergen as Dracula. December 11, 1970

TYRONE POWER and JOHN FORD in THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955), directed by JOHN FORD.

BUSTER KEATON in DAY DREAMS (1922), directed by BUSTER KEATON.

BICYCLES ARE FOR THE SUMMER (1984) -Original title: LAS BICICLETAS SON PARA EL VERANO-, directed by JAIME CHAVARRI.

JOHNNY DEPP in ED WOOD (1994), directed by TIM BURTON.

BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO in HIT THE ICE (1943), directed by CHARLES LAMONT.

Nosferatu is a 1922 German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel. Stoker's heirs sued over the adaptation, and a court ruling ordered that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, one print of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential mast

GENE HACKMAN and MARCEL BOZZUFFI in THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971), directed by WILLIAM FRIEDKIN.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chartres. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Francois Dorleac, Michael Caine, on-set of the film, "Billion Dollar Brain", United Artists, 1967

JEAN-CLAUDE BRIALY in ARSENE LUPIN VS. ARSENE LUPIN (1962) -Original title: ARSENE LUPIN CONTRE ARSEN-, directed by EDOUARD MOLINARO.

BARRY FITZGERALD in THE NAKED CITY (1948), directed by JULES DASSIN.

JOSE MARIA IÑIGO in TERAPIA AL DESNUDO (1975), directed by PEDRO LAZAGA.

Ramón Calsina Baró, pintor y dibujante catalán, sentado en su estudio. Año 1987.

Dale Midkiff, on-set of the film, "Pet Sematary", Paramount Pictures, 1989

EL EXTRAÑO CASO DEL DOCTOR FAUSTO (1969), directed by GONZALO SUAREZ.

A 45 REVOLUCIONES POR MINUTO (1969), directed by PEDRO LAZAGA.

FRANCISCO RABAL in AUTOPSY OF A CRIMINAL (1963) -Original title: AUTOPSIA DE UN CRIMINAL-, directed by RICARDO BLASCO.

ONA MUNSON in THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (1941), directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG.

Weaver Lee, France Nuyen, on-set of the Film, "Satan Never Sleeps", aka "The Devil Never Sleeps", 20th Century-Fox, 1962

THE INHERITOR (1973) -Original title: L' HERITIER-, directed by PHILIPPE LABRO.

LUIS INDUNI in EL FUGITIVO DE AMBERES (1955), directed by MIGUEL IGLESIAS.

PETER SELLERS in THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT (1964), directed by GEORGE ROY HILL.

HOME FROM HOME (2013) -Original title: DIE ANDERE HEIMAT-CHRONIK EINER SEHNSUCHT-, directed by EDGAR REITZ.

Robert Donaf on the set at Elstree Studios for his first film in four years - "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness," with Ingrid Bergman. January 1, 1955.

Chris Udvarnoky, on-set of the film, "The Other", 20th Century-Fox, 1972

Anefo photo collection. Das Kommödchen (German cabaret corporate from Düsseldorf) in the Netherlands, Ernst H. Hilbich. May 26, 1966

GREGORY PECK in GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947), directed by ELIA KAZAN.

ANGEL JOVE in ANGUISH (1987) -Original title: ANGUSTIA-, directed by BIGAS LUNA.

DAY OF WRATH (1943) -Original title: VREDENS DAG-, directed by CARL THEODOR DREYER.

JUDEX (1963), directed by GEORGES FRANJU.

U-BOAT 29 (1939) -Original title: THE SPY IN BLACK-, directed by MICHAEL POWELL.

THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY (1969), directed by HY AVERBACK.

PACO MARTINEZ SORIA in DON ERRE QUE ERRE (1970), directed by JOSE LUIS SAENZ DE HEREDIA.

CHAPAYEV (1934) -Original title: CHAPAEV-, directed by GEORGI VASILYEV and SERGEI VASILYEV.

ANTONIO GARISA in EL SECRETO DE PAPA (1959), directed by JOSE C. MERIDA.

JAMES STEWART in THE F. B. I. STORY (1959), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

MONTGOMERY CLIFT in SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959), directed by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ.

JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT and MILLIE PERKINS in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

EL TREN DE LA MEMORIA (2005), directed by ANA PEREZ and MARTA ARRIBAS.

Die Leid-Artikler a cabaret group under Dietrich Kittner, here at a performance in Hanover in 1964, Germany, Europe

SHE WOLF (1953) -Original title: LA LUPA-, directed by ALBERTO LATTUADA.

DICK WARLOCK and ANNE BRUNER in HALLOWEEN II (1981), directed by RICK ROSENTHAL. 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.

KIM NOVAK and JAMES STEWART in VERTIGO (1958), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Rigid Companion were a skeleton and 20-year-old Mrs. Mathilde Demarinius, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, when they sat together in a huge empty theatre recently during a chilling thriller. She accepted a six-guinea ,bet that she was not game to do so. January 26, 1946. ;Rigid Companion were a skeleton and 20-year-old Mrs. Mathilde Demarinius, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, when they sat together in a huge empty theatre recently during a chilling thriller. She accepted a six-guinea ,bet that she

SHELLEY WINTERS and BURT LANCASTER in THE YOUNG SAVAGES (1961), directed by JOHN FRANKENHEIMER.

BURT LANCASTER in ELMER GANTRY (1960), directed by RICHARD BROOKS.

IT'S ALIVE (1974), directed by LARRY COHEN.

THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) -Original title: BRONENOSETS POTYOMKIN-, directed by SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN.

LUIS PRENDES in UNA NOCHE EN BLANCO (1949), directed by FERNANDO ALONSO CASARES.

THE TRIAL (1962) -Original title: LE PROCES-, directed by ORSON WELLES.

ANIKI BOBO (1942), directed by MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA.

WALTER BRENNAN in BANJO ON MY KNEE (1936), directed by JOHN CROMWELL.

ROBERTO FUGAZOT in AVES SIN RUMBO (1934), directed by ANTONIO GRACIANI.

JOSE FERRER in MOULIN ROUGE (1952), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

VILGOT SJOMAN.

SEAN CONNERY in OUTLAND (1981), directed by PETER HYAMS.

Anefo photo collection. Play Sacco and Vanzetti, the two protagonists Henk van Ulsen (left) and Wies Andersen. March 15, 1966

ALEC GUINNESS in THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951), directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK.

GIULIETTA MASINA in LA STRADA (1954), directed by FEDERICO FELLINI.

A. C. Rose During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: A. C. Rose - Taken During filming of "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.

HAROLD LLOYD in NEVER WEAKEN (1921), directed by FRED NEWMEYER.

CHARLES LAUGHTON in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

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THE FIREMAN'S BALL (1967) -Original title: HORI, MA PANENKO-, directed by MILOS FORMAN.

THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA (1974), directed by ALAN GIBSON.

FERNANDO REY, MARUCHI FRESNO, JOSE MARIA LADO, TOMAS BLANCO and MARIA JESUS VALDES in LA LAGUNA NEGRA (1952), directed by ARTURO RUIZ CASTILLO.

JOHN LURIE in STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984), directed by JIM JARMUSCH.

FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966), directed by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT.

AN AMERICAN IN TOLEDO (1960) -Original title: UN AMERICANO EN TOLEDO-, directed by CARLOS AREVALO.

GDR, Berlin, 05.03.1990, exhibition opening Wolf Vostell, Gallery at the Weidendamm Bridge

JEFF DANIELS and BRENDAN GLEESON in THE COMEY RULE (2020).

Anefo photo collection. "In Holland there is a knight's goods", televigation game for the VPRO by Willy van Hemert. April 2, 1962

HENRY SILVA in ASSASSINATION (1967), directed by EMILIO MIRAGLIA.

Anefo photo collection. Children's book 1962, Paulus De Helpensinterklaas from Jean Dulieu. October 24, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Well and woe in Artis, young talent in Artis. May 16, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

ALVARO VITALI in GIANBURRASCA (1983), directed by PIER FRANCESCOD PINGITORE.

Argentina, Buenos Aires, imitation of tango musician Carlos Gardel in San Telmo

MONA GOYA in LA BANQUE NEMO (1934), directed by MARGUERITE VIEL.

STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984), directed by JIM JARMUSCH.

Anefo photo collection. 26th blast furnace chef tournament in Beverwijk, L. Portic (Hungary). January 8, 1964. Beverwijk, Hungary

DOUGLAS BOOTH in LOVING VINCENT (2017), directed by HUGH WELCHMAN and DOROTA KOBIELA.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984), directed by SERGIO LEONE.

SIDNEY POITIER in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967), directed by NORMAN JEWISON.

JOSE FERRER in MOULIN ROUGE (1952), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

KEN RUSSELL in THE DEVILS (1971), directed by KEN RUSSELL.

JAMES DEAN in EAST OF EDEN (1955), directed by ELIA KAZAN.

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