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Classic Crime and Drama Scenes

A collection of black-and-white scenes from classic crime and drama films, showcasing tense moments, street interactions, and vintage film set action.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here 1949 on the film set of the movie Thirst directing actors Birger Malmsten and Eva Henning in the film. Photographer: Kristoffersson/AP70-1

J. Breitbart bends an iron rod with his teeth while four men try to bend a rod of the same strength, Berlin, Germany, 1925

VITTORIO GASSMAN and GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA in ME, ME, ME... AND THE OTHERS (1966) -Original title: IO, IO, IO.... E GLI ALTRI-, directed by ALESSANDRO BLASETTI.

ORSON WELLES, BRIAN DE PALMA and TOM SMOTHERS in GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT (1972), directed by BRIAN DE PALMA.

Misc. January 01, 1954. (Photo by Look Magazine).

YVETTE MIMIEUX and OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND in LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (1962), directed by GUY GREEN.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here 1949 on the film set of the movie Thirst directing actress Eva Henning in the film. Photographer: Kristoffersson/AP69-3

CRISTINA HOYOS in BLOOD WEDDING (1981) -Original title: BODAS DE SANGRE-, directed by CARLOS SAURA.

Arthur Kennedy, on-set of the Film, "Bright Victory", Universal Pictures, 1951

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Anefo photo collection. 50,000th visitor Wiener Eisrevue, Miss T. van Dijk from Hilversum, here with Hans Jurgen Baumler. October 21, 1964. Hilversum

LAURENCE OLIVIER in THE DEMI-PARADISE (1943), directed by ANTHONY ASQUITH.

The work of the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts- the Old Vic Travelling Theatre Company, Wales, 1941 Dame Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson and Ann Casson talk to some local men with a pram and encourage them to attend the performance of 'Candida' which the Old Vic Travelling Theatre Company are putting on in their area. Behind the group, the bus in which the Company have travelled is just visible.

MARY SANTPERE and ARTURO FERNANDEZ in LA VIUDITA NAVIERA (1962).

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (1932), directed by GEORGE MARSHALL.

ANTONIO OZORES and JOSE LUIS OZORES in SALTO MORTAL (1961), directed by MARIANO OZORES.

SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE (1967), directed by ROGER CORMAN.

George Walsh (center), on-set of the Silent Film, "From Now On", Fox Film Corp., 1920

GREER GARSON and DANA ANDREWS in STRANGE LADY IN TOWN (1955), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE CHAMPION (1915), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

ROBERT WALKER and KASEY ROGERS in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

GERALDINE CHAPLIN in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965), directed by DAVID LEAN.

SOPHIA LOREN in SUNFLOWER (1970) -Original title: I GIRASOLI-, directed by VITTORIO DE SICA.

RAFAEL DURAN and GERARDO ESTEBAN in THE FAITH (1947) -Original title: LA FE-, directed by RAFAEL GIL.

VITTORIO DE SICA and SIDNEY J. FURIE in THE GOLD OF NAPLES (1954) -Original title: L' ORO DI NAPOLI-, directed by VITTORIO DE SICA.

GENE BARRY in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), directed by BYRON HASKIN.

JUDE LAW and JOSEPH FIENNES in ENEMY AT THE GATES (2001), directed by JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD.

JACK LEMMON and ROMY SCHNEIDER in GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM (1964), directed by DAVID SWIFT.

1938

TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (1928) -Original title: OKTYABR-, directed by SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN and GRIGORI ALEKSANDROV.

GABRIELE FERZETTI and MONICA VITTI in L' AVVENTURA (1960), directed by MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI.

Anefo photo collection. Albert Mol (right) during the TV broadcast "Divertissement for six". June 12, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Pantomime opening on car exhibition on the RAI. February 9, 1961

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930), directed by LEWIS MILESTONE.

FRANK SINATRA and STERLING HAYDEN in SUDDENLY (1954), directed by LEWIS ALLEN.

JOHNNY SHEFFIELD and JOHNNY WEISSMULLER in TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY (1943), directed by WILHELM THIELE.

Newspaper review of the 1963 film Sparrows Can't Sing, photograph of Barbara Windsor.

MARGIA DEAN in THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (1955), directed by VAL GUEST.

THE THE THIRD GENERATION (1979) -Original title: DIE DRITTE GENERATION-, directed by RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER.

GREGORY PECK and DIANE BAKER in MIRAGE (1965), directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK.

ELEANORA BRON in THE LAST JUDGEMENT (1961) -Original title: IL GIUDIZIO UNIVERSALE-, directed by VITTORIO DE SICA.

FERNANDEL in THE DON CAMILLO: LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO (1952) -Original title: DON CAMILLO-, directed by JULIEN DUVIVIER.

NINA MAE MCKINNEY and DANIEL L. HAYNES in HALLELUJAH (1929), directed by KING VIDOR.

MARIA MORENA (1951), directed by PEDRO LAZAGA and JOSE MARIA FORQUE.

Anefo photo collection. LP of Lenny Kuhr, Amsterdam. November 23, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Artists from France performed at a street festival on 09.05.1980 in Dortmund-Hoerde, Germany, as part of the Foreign Culture Days France, Europe

RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH in THE ANGRY SILENCE (1960), directed by GUY GREEN.

Anefo photo collection. Honoring Theo Huizenaar 40 year anniversary boxing promoter. T. V. Quiz player congratulates Theo Huizenaar. November 24, 1958. Rotterdam

CURRITO OF THE CROSS (1936) -Original title: CURRITO DE LA CRUZ-, directed by FERNANDO DELGADO.

SARA GARCIA and JOSE ISBERT in LOS DINAMITEROS (1964), directed by JUAN ATIENZA.

RETURNING TO REIMS (2021) -Original title: RETOUR A REIMS-, directed by JEAN-GABRIEL PERIOT.

RALPH FIENNES in QUIZ SHOW (1994), directed by ROBERT REDFORD.

ROBIN WILLIAMS in JAKOB THE LIAR (1999), directed by PETER KASSOVITZ.

The first words spoken from the screen was uttered in the flat, Midwestern voice of Will H Hays, who introduced the first Vitaphone program on August 6, 1926.

Mildred Harris Chaplin, full-length portrait, standing in crowd, facing front, guarded by a policeman, at a theater showing her film The Woman in His House (1920). ca. 1909.

Original Film Title: LA CONDESA MARIA. English Title: LA CONDESA MARIA. Film Director: GONZALO DELGRAS. Year: 1942.

ROBERT NEWTON in OLIVER TWIST (1948), directed by DAVID LEAN.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

JOHN CASSAVETES in CRIME IN THE STREETS (1956), directed by DON SIEGEL.

MARIO CABRE and LEONOR MARIA in ORO Y MARFIL (1947), directed by GONZALO DELGRAS.

THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME (1947), directed by IRVING PICHEL.

Anefo photo collection. Van Oekel Show Van VPRO; Harry rope as Santa, with O.A. Sjef van Oekel, ir. Evert van der Cok, Pastor Bongers. December 5, 1974

Photograph of Cesar Romero Dancing for Fellow Coast Guardsmen.

ALINE MACMAHON and MONTGOMERY CLIFT in THE SEARCH (1948), directed by FRED ZINNEMANN.

A Wow Of A Party! - It was really meant to be a quiet second birthday Susan Mills, daughter of boxer Freddie. Then along to home at Dulwich, London, came comedian Norman Wisdom fifteen-month-old son Nicholas. And the party really with the two dads doing all the entertaining. They played tunes at the piano, stood on their heat a sort of song-and-dance act. But the biggest hit of the day was the "train ride Dads lie on the hold the children up high - and ***** like trains. ***** agreed: It's a wow

United States: October 15, 1936 A scene from the theatrical production, "China Clipper"

Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet opens institute for music saints and exercise leather, Vlaardingen /. November 25, 1970. Vlaardingen, South Holland

MANOLETE in BULLFIGHTER (1956) -Original title: TORERO-, directed by CARLOS VELO.

PEDRO PORCEL and ANTONIO OZORES in EL TURISMO ES UN GRAN INVENTO (1968), directed by PEDRO LAZAGA.

FRANK SINATRA, ANN MILLER and JULES MUNSHIN in ON THE TOWN (1949), directed by GENE KELLY and STANLEY DONEN.

ROBERT DE NIRO and CUBA GOODING JR. in MEN OF HONOUR (2000) -Original title: MEN OF HONOR-, directed by GEORGE TILLMAN JR.

RODDY MCDOWALL and STUART WHITMAN in SHOCK TREATMENT (1964).

DIARY FOR MY CHILDREN (1984) -Original title: NAPLO GYERMEKEIMNEK-, directed by MARTA MESZAROS.

CARMEN SEVILLA in CRUCERO DE VERANO (1964).

PETER COOK and RONALD FRASER in THE RISE AND RISE OF MICHAEL RIMMER (1970), directed by KEVIN BILLINGTON.

JOE PESCI in THE PUBLIC EYE (1992), directed by HOWARD FRANKLIN.

JULES BERRY and RENEE SAINT-CYR in LES LOUPS ENTRE EUX (1936), directed by LEON MATHOT.

JOSE ISBERT and ADOLFO MARSILLACH in CERCA DE LA CIUDAD (1952).

JESUS PUENTE in COURSE COMPLETED (1987) -Original title: ASIGNATURA APROBADA-, directed by JOSE LUIS GARCI.

Rosa Schaeffer on the street in Broadway, New York, lying on a bed of nails, while hammers are being struck on an anvil lying on top of her. United States, 1929. Achive street performance photograph

GINGER ROGERS and JOSEPH COTTEN in I'LL BE SEEING YOU (1944), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

Anefo photo collection. Concertgebouw orchestra to Tokyo some members of the orchestra. April 8, 1962

Alvin Childress and Rex Ingram. 1938 - 1938. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans , Performing arts, African Americans , Theater, African American theater, African Americans in the performing arts, Plays, Theatrical productions, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Haiti

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), directed by SIDNEY LUMET.

CHARLES REISNER and CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE KID (1921), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

SIDNEY POITIER, JOHN CASSAVETES and KATHLEEN MAGUIRE in EDGE OF THE CITY (1957), directed by MARTIN RITT.

ALFREDO LANDA in PRESTAME QUINCE DIAS (1971), directed by FRANCISCO MERINO.

Group portrait of American jazz musician Duke Ellington and his band wearing in overcoats in front of a train, Los Angeles, California. Among those picture are: Harry Carney (far left), Sonny Greer (far right) and Ivie Anderson nex to the Duke. 1934.

CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (1972), directed by J. LEE THOMPSON.

DIANA ROSS in LADY SINGS THE BLUES (1972), directed by SIDNEY J. FURIE.

PASA LA TUNA (1960).

SILVIA MORGAN, ANTONIO GARISA and MARY LAMARR in AZAFATAS CON PERMISO (1958).

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