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Vintage portraits of iconic actors from classic cinema, captured in stylish attire with a nostalgic feel, highlighting their personas from the early to mid-20th century.

Jacques WORTH, French fashion designer, grandson of Frederick Charles Worth, 1826-95, credited as founder of haute couture

J.C. Bendrodt. February 1, 1949.

Yousuf Karsh examining his picture of Peggy Cummins, the actress, he is scrutinizing the negative. - The study was taken under Karsh's direction. Yousuf Karsh, the "Rembrandt of Photography", has published a book of his best portraits, "Faces of Destiny" It contains studies by Karsh of great public figures of our time, the book is a best-seller in America and will be published in London on the 18th June (by George G. Harrap & Co.). Karsh of Ottawa is today perhaps the best-known man in Canada. His work has put the Dominion on the map' in the World of art. To his studio in the Canadian capital go all important visitors to the Dominion as surely as they call on the Prime Minister. March 24, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Adolphe Menjou, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Little Miss Marker", Paramount Pictures, 1934

Mr. Geoffrey Dennis after the proceedings in the King's Bench Division, London.Duke of Windsor's Libel Action Mentioned in Court case withdrawn. Sum paid to Duke to go to Charity.The Duko of Windosor's action for alleged libel against William Heinemann, Limited (the publishers and Mr. Geoffrey Dennis, the author, respectively of the book "Coronation Commentary" was mentioned to Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, in the King's Bench Division, who "reluctantly" allowed it to be withdrawn.It was stated that the sum paid to the Duke of Windsor as damages would be given to charity. November 22, 1937.

KIRK DOUGLAS in LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959), directed by JOHN STURGES.

BASIL SYDNEY.

Portrait of an actor

ROBERT REDFORD in THE GREAT GATSBY (1974), directed by JACK CLAYTON.

Kirk Douglas, on-set of the film, "The Brotherhood", Paramount Pictures, 1968

GEORGE PEPPARD in THE BLUE MAX (1966), directed by JOHN GUILLERMIN.

PETER CUSHING in HAMLET (1948), directed by LAURENCE OLIVIER.

Harry Anslinger 1892-1975 was appointed U.S. Commissioner of Narcotics in 1930 and held the post until 1962. He publicized exaggerated claims of marijuana's dangers and promoted its criminalization.

Adolphe Jean Menjou (1890 - 1963)American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies.

JAMES MASON.

TONY CURTIS in SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959), directed by BILLY WILDER.

MICKEY ROONEY in PULP (1972), directed by MIKE HODGES.

HARPO MARX.

Portrait of the theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940), Nappelbaum, Moisei Solomonovich (1869-1958)

Anefo photo collection. Press conference at Rijn Schelde Verolme about the situation in the company. Van Rijn, member of the Executive Board. October 19, 1982

Miguel Aceves Mejía, cantante y actor mexicano.

MAURICE CHEVALIER. 1925.

James Coburn, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Hard Times", Columbia Pictures, 1975

CONRAD VEIDT in THE LAST PERFORMANCE (1929), directed by PAUL FEJOS.

AL PACINO in THE GODFATHER (1972), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

SYLVESTER STALLONE in CAPONE (1975), directed by STEVE CARVER.

RAOUL WALSH.

Fred Astaire, Actor and Dancer, (1899-1987)

Kurt Kasznar, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "My Sister Eileen", Columbia Pictures, 1955

ROBERT DE NIRO in THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987), directed by BRIAN DE PALMA.

A New Star -- Brian Donlevy, the young Irish actor, makes his screen debut in "Barbary Coast".Donlevy, famous model for the artist Leyendecker, has posed for hundreds of covers of magazines, his perfect Physique standing him in good stead. October 27, 1935. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press And Agency Ltd.)

The Sudeten German Day, here in Nuremberg on 1. 6. 1971, was a mixture of demonstration, rally and youth camp life. Otto von Habsburg, Germany, Europe

Humphrey Bogart , The Maltese Falcon , 1941 directed by John Huston Warner Bros. Pictures

John Barrymore (1882 - 1942), American actor on stage, screen and radio. Photograph of him in Sherlock Holmes. Date: 1922

CHARLES LAUGHTON in TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942), directed by JULIEN DUVIVIER.

Yul Brynner Actor (1915-1985)

Actor Guy Kibbee, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1932

Anthony Quinn , Warlock , 1959 directed by Edward Dmytryk 20th Century Fox

ROBERT MORLEY in THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1963), directed by WILLIAM CASTLE.

FRANK MCHUGH.

The party congress of the radical right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) on 17 June 1966 in Karlsruhe was accompanied by protests from the trade unions, Germany, Europe

George MacReady, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Walls Came Tumbling Down", Columbia Pictures, 1946

Actor Paul Baratoff, Publicity Portrait, photo by Milton Gold, 1940's

Nat Pendleton, American Olympic wrestler and actor, 1934-1935. Artist: Unknown

JOHN DEREK in THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA (1954), directed by DON WEIS.

Maurice Chevalier (1894 - 1972) - a French actor, singer, and popular entertainer. In 1944 when Allied forces freed France, Chevalier was accused of collaborationism. Even though he was acquitted by a French convened court, the English-speaking press remained hostile. Date: 1934

Appointed New Catholic BishopThis is a new portrait of the very reverend Monsignor Cyril C. Cowderoy, Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Southwark, London, who has been appointed Bishop of Southwark in Succession to the late Archbishop Peter Amigo who died October 1. The appointment was made by the pope, said in announcement issued in London at Noon December 5, by the apostolic delegation in Britain. December 05, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

LOUIS DE FUNES in HIBERNATUS (1969), directed by EDOUARD MOLINARO.

Connie Mack, Manager of Major League Baseball Philadelphia Athletics, Head and Shoulders Portrait by Paul Thompson, 1911

Anefo photo collection. Film photos current, Das Madchen Christine. March 26, 1950

WARNER OLAND in CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA (1936), directed by H. BRUCE HUMBERSTONE.

American Actor Vince Barnett (1902-1977), Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1930's

FRANK CAPRA.

Richard Dix (1893-1949) an American motion picture actor. Dated 20th Century

CHARLES LAUGHTON in CAPTAIN KIDD (1945), directed by ROWLAND V. LEE.

Anefo photo collection. "The humpback" Vara television. Portrait of Johan card. December 18, 1963

RICHARD GERE in THE COTTON CLUB (1984), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

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

Albert Bassermann, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Rhapsody in Blue", Warner Bros., 1945

George 'Baby Face' Nelson, Public Enemy No. 1. In 1934 he was wanted for the murder of three Federal Agents.

Hans Adalbert Schlettow (1888 - 1945) German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. He was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization. Schlettow died in the Battle of Berlin.

Following in His Father's Footsteps -- Mr. Winston Churchill's son, Randolph, setting out from Waterloo for America on the lecture tour with which he begins his public career. His father made his first $10,000 by lecturing tours. December 03, 1930. (Photo by Central News).

Charles Boyer, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Thunder in the East", Paramount Pictures, 1952

Actor Robert Warwick, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait Wearing Tuxedo and Smoking Cigarette, 1930's

Buster Keaton Doughboys 1930

HUMPHREY BOGART in HIGH SIERRA (1941), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

Henry Stephenson, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Hour Before the Dawn", Paramount Pictures, 1944

ORSON WELLES in TOMORROW IS FOREVER (1946), directed by IRVING PICHEL.

DAVID NIVEN in 55 DAYS AT PEKING (1963), directed by NICHOLAS RAY.

His Resemblance To A Bandit Brought Him Film Part -- Michele Coppola, the man who looks like the bandit and will play the part of the bandit in the film.Not everybody would be glad that he looked like a bandit but the resemblance of Michele Coppola to the Sicilian gangster Giuliano has won him the leading part in a new French film. Coppola, a naturalised Frenchman from Naples, who is proprietor of the Hotel Pigalle in Avenue Clichy, Paris, looks so much like the bandit that he has been chosen to play the part in the film "Force a la Loi". The film deals with the life of Giuliano. November 6, 1950.

Cyril Maude (1862-1951), English actor and theatre manager, 1906.Artist: Rotary Photo

The 7th Academy Awards / 1935. Clark Gable, best actor for "It Happened One Night".

BASIL RATHBONE in TOWER OF LONDON (1939), directed by ROWLAND V. LEE.

Alvin Childress as Jacques. 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

Mel Tillis, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "W.W. & the Dixie Dancekings", 20th Century-Fox, 1975

RICHARD BURTON in WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968), directed by BRIAN G. HUTTON.

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN (1934), directed by ALEXANDER KORDA.

Well-known and loved in this country is: ***** (c) Maurice Chevalier. May 15, 1950.

Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, also known as Joseph Baretti, 1719 - 1789. Italian literary critic, translator and author who spent much of his life in England. From a print by John Watts after the p

Anthony Quayle, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Bequest to the Nation" , USA: "The Nelson Affair", Universal Pictures, 1973

EDGAR BUCHANAN in RENEGADES (1946), directed by GEORGE SHERMAN.

RICHARD WIDMARK.

ALEC GUINNESS in THE LADYKILLERS (1955), directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK.

Salvatore Dali, head and shoulders portrait with his pet ocelot, Babou, St. Regis Hotel, New York City, New York, USA, Roger Higgins, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, 1965

Carlos Gardel Portrait In Cafe La Perla De Caminito, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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