Classic Film Drama Scenes

Black and white stills from classic films featuring intense drama, characters in historical costumes, and emotional interactions in a theatrical setting.

"Medea" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Original Film Title: THE BLACK SWAN. English Title: THE BLACK SWAN. Film Director: HENRY KING. Year: 1942. Stars: TYRONE POWER; FORTUNIO BONANOVA.

Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino, The Son of the Sheik, 1926 directed by George Fitzmaurice (United Artists, Collection Suns)

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

CHARLTON HESTON and JOHN DEREK in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

"Medea" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Valentino Attack. Much of the action of 'The Sheik' consisted of a menacing Valentino staring at a pleading Agnes Ayres while they warily circled each other in preparation for the clinch that was a long time coming.

STEWART GRANGER in SCARAMOUCHE (1952), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

CLAUDETTE COLBERT in CLEOPATRA (1934), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

BOB HOPE, BING CROSBY and DOROTHY LAMOUR in ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942), directed by DAVID BUTLER.

THE LOST CONTINENT (1968), directed by MICHAEL CARRERAS and LESLIE NORMAN.

Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky, The Son of the Sheik, 1926 directed by George Fitzmaurice (United Artists)

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in THE BLACK PIRATE (1926), directed by ALBERT PARKER.

ANITA EKBERG in ZARAK (1956), directed by TERENCE YOUNG.

Balinese dance is a very ancient dance tradition that is a part of the religious and artistic expression among the Balinese people, native to Bali island, Indonesia. Balinese dance is dynamic, angular and intensely expressive. The Balinese dancers express the story of dance-drama through the whole bodily gestures; fingers, hands and body gestures to head and eyes movements. There is a great richness of dance forms and styles in Bali; and particularly notable are those ritualistic dance dramas which involve Rangda, the witch, and the great beast Barong. Most dances in Bali are connected to Hindu rituals, such as the Sanghyang Dedari sacred dance that invoke hyang spirits that are believed to possess the dancers in trance state during the performance. Other Balinese dances are not linked to religious rituals and created for certain purposes, such as the Pendet welcoming dance and the Joged dance, a social dance for entertainment. In Bali there are various categories of dance, including e

Gianna Segale, Don Taylor, on-set of the film, "Love Slaves Of The Amazons", Universal Pictures, 1957

Original Film Title: CAPTAIN BLOOD. English Title: CAPTAIN BLOOD. Film Director: MICHAEL CURTIZ. Year: 1935. Stars: ERROL FLYNN; ROSS ALEXANDER.

Original Film Title: I, CLAUDIUS-TV. English Title: I, CLAUDIUS-TV. Film Director: HERBERT WISE. Year: 1976.

Hollywood, California: c. 1924. A woman with an Art Deco jeweled headpiece powders her face while her attendant hovers nearby.

ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1938) -Original title: ALEKSANDR NEVSKY-, directed by SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN.

Original Film Title: RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!. English Title: RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!. Film Director: LEO MCCAREY. Year: 1958. Stars: JOANNE WOODWARD; PAUL NEWMAN.

EDMUND PURDOM and BELLA DARVI in THE EGYPTIAN (1954), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

DEBORAH KERR and FRANK SINATRA in MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS (1965), directed by JACK DONOHUE.

LUCIA BOSE in STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (1950) -Original title: CRONACA DI UN AMORE-, directed by MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI.

JEAN MARAIS in PONTIUS PILATE (1962) -Original title: PONZIO PILATO-, directed by IRVING RAPPER and GIAN PAOLO CALLEGARI.

LAURENCE OLIVIER and MERLE OBERON in WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS and LUPE VELEZ in THE GAUCHO (1927), directed by F. RICHARD JONES.

ACQUANETTA in TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN (1946), directed by KURT NEUMANN.

Original Film Title: ATTILA. English Title: ATTILA. Film Director: PIETRO FRANCISCI. Year: 1954. Stars: ANTHONY QUINN.

BORIS KARLOFF and ZITA JOHANN in THE MUMMY (1932), directed by KARL FREUND.

ALMA RUBENS and JOHN GILBERT in THE MASKS OF THE DEVIL (1928), directed by VICTOR SJOSTROM.

ANITA EKBERG and VICTOR MATURE in ZARAK (1956), directed by TERENCE YOUNG.

LEX BARKER in TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN (1949), directed by LEE SCHOLEM.

LON CHANEY JR. in THE MUMMY'S GHOST (1944), directed by REGINALD LE BORG.

DEBORAH KERR and STEWART GRANGER in KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1950), directed by COMPTON BENNETT.

FREDRIC MARCH, RICHARD BURTON and MARISA DE LEZA in ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956), directed by ROBERT ROSSEN.

MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN and JOHNNY SHEFFIELD in TARZAN FINDS A SON! (1939), directed by RICHARD THORPE.

MAUREEN O'HARA and CHARLES LAUGHTON in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

Fredric March, Joan Bennett, on-set of the film, "Trade Winds", United Artists, 1938

VICTOR MATURE and CAROLE LANDIS in MY GAL SAL (1942), directed by IRVING CUMMINGS.

Anefo photo collection. Hopla ...... for VPRO TV. Dance group "Art Baart strength". January 8, 1968

SABU in ELEPHANT BOY (1937), directed by ZOLTAN KORDA and ROBERT J. FLAHERTY.

RONALD COLMAN, MARLENE DIETRICH and EDWARD ARNOLD in KISMET (1944), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

CLAUDETTE COLBERT in CLEOPATRA (1934), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

Maureen O'Hara and Kathryn Givney , Lady Godiva of Coventry , 1955 directed by Arthur Lubin Universal Pictures

GORDON MITCHELL in MACISTE IN THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS (1961) -Original title: MACISTE NELLA TERRA DEI CICLOPI-, directed by ANTONIO LEONVIOLA.

HENRY FONDA and DOLORES DEL RIO in THE FUGITIVE (1947), directed by JOHN FORD.

LEX BARKER and FREDERICK O'NEAL in TARZAN'S MATE IN PERIL (1951) -Original title: TARZAN'S PERIL-, directed by BYRON HASKIN.

RON PERLMAN and RAE DAWN CHONG in QUEST FOR FIRE (1981) -Original title: LA GUERRE DU FEU-, directed by JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD.

03/31/1921. Saint Sebastian. Beneficial Function. A Scene From "Fabiola", Performed by Distinguished Ladies for the Benefit of the Poor.

CANTINFLAS in ROMEO AND JULIET (1943) -Original title: ROMEO Y JULIETA-, directed by MIGUEL M. DELGADO.

FRANCISCO RABAL in BARROCO (1989), directed by PAUL LEDUC.

JULIE ADAMS in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954), directed by JACK ARNOLD.

TOSHIRO MIFUNE in RASHOMON (1950), directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

VICTOR MATURE in ZARAK (1956), directed by TERENCE YOUNG.

MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN, JOHNNY WEISSMULLER and CHITA CHEETAH in TARZAN, THE APE MAN (1932), directed by W. S. VAN DYKE.

Anefo photo collection. TV program "Like the ancients, the boy squeaks". Hetty block as a Turkish guest worker. October 4, 1968

CURD JÜRGENS in CONGRESS OF LOVE (1966) -Original title: DER KONGRESS AMUSIERT SICH-, directed by GEZA VON RADVANYI.

BLACK NARCISSUS (1947).

VITTORIO DE SICA in LOVE IN ROME (1960) -Original title: UN AMORE A ROMA-, directed by DINO RISI.

RASHOMON (1950), directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

Glen Langan (rear view, left), Brenda Marshall (rear view, 2nd left), on-set of the western film, "The Iroquois Trail", United Artists, 1950

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American film directed by Wallace Worsley, starring Lon Chaney, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. The film was Universal's 'Super Jewel' of 1923 and was their most successful silent film, grossing over $3 million.

Sinuhe and Horem-heb save life of the Pharaoh, but refuse honors offered by his mother and his sister Baketamon. (Gene Tierney). September 14, 1954. (Photo by Norman/Fairfax Media).

Gaumont British presents "Tudor Rose" starring Nova Pilbeam and Sir Cedric Hardwicke with John Mills, Dame Sybil Thorndike.Dame Sybil appeared in the period film Tudor Rose, 1936 with Cedric Hardwicke. August 03, 1936. (Photo by Fox Film Corporation (A/sia) Ltd.).

MOONFLEET (1955), directed by FRITZ LANG.

FELLINI SATYRICON (1969) -Original title: SATYRICON-, directed by FEDERICO FELLINI.

LEX BARKER, VANESSA BROWN and DENISE DARCEL in TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL (1950), directed by LEE SHOLEM.

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

NINETTO DAVOLI and ALDO MACCIONE in FRANKENSTEIN: ITALIAN STYLE (1975) -Original title: FRANKENSTEIN ALL'ITALIANA-, directed by ARMANDO CRISPINO.

ISLAND OF LOST WOMAN (1959), directed by FRANK TUTTLE.

Anefo photo collection. VPRO TV piece Ramcinitos and the thief of Herodotes starring Ton van Duinhoven and Cox Habbema. July 31, 1973

Anefo photo collection. TV-NCRV The big conqueror O.A. Coen a lot, Thérèse Steinmetz, Heleen Pimentel, Maxim Haurel. March 8, 1962

CHRISTOPHER LEE in THE MUMMY (1959), directed by TERENCE FISHER.

Akim Tamiroff, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ruth Warrick, on-set of the film, "The Corsican Brothers", United Artists, 1941

TOSHIRO MIFUNE in THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) -Original title: SHICHININ NO SAMURAI-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

JACK NICHOLSON in THE TERROR (1963), directed by ROGER CORMAN.

JUNE DUPREZ, SABU and JOHN JUSTIN in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940), directed by LUDWIG BERGER, WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES, MICHAEL POWELL, ALEXANDER KORDA, ZOLTAN KORDA and TIM WHELAN.

Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, on-set of the Film, "Nine Hours To Rama", 20th Century-Fox, 1963

VINCENT PRICE and VIRGINIA NORTH in THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971), directed by ROBERT FUEST.

Ras Prince Monolulu, the picturesque tipster, well-known on British racecourses. January 1, 1947. (Photo by BBC Television Service).

BORIS KARLOFF and ZITA JOHANN in THE MUMMY (1932), directed by KARL FREUND.

MARIA MONTEZ and SABU in ARABIAN NIGHTS (1942), directed by JOHN RAWLINS.

THE INDIAN TOMB (1938) -Original title: DAS INDISCHE GRABMAL-, directed by FRITZ LANG.

JUDITH ANDERSON in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

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

Scene from 'David and Bathsheba'

EDDIE CANTOR in KID MILLIONS (1934).

Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, on-set of the Walt Disney film, "Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.", Buena Vista, 1966

LEX BARKER and DOROTHY HART in TARZAN'S SAVAGE FURY (1952), directed by CY ENDFIELD.

JACK HAWKINS in LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

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