Classic Film Icons

Timeless black and white images of iconic actresses and actors in classic poses, exuding elegance and nostalgia from the film era.

Jane Fonda, actress, woman, celebrity, entertainment, historical,

NORMA SHEARER in STRANGE INTERLUDE (1932), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

Jane Fonda, actress, woman, celebrity, entertainment, historical,

Van Johnson, on-set of the British Film, "Beyond This Place" (USA:Web of Evidence), Allied Artists, 1959

ELSA MARTINELLI in STOWAWAY GIRL (1957), directed by GUY HAMILTON.

Kristin Scott Thomas, on-set of the Film, "Under the Cherry Moon", Warner Bros., 1986

Dusica Zegarac, Half-Length Portrait, on-set of the Film, "The Ninth Circle", Serbo-Croatian: "Deveti Krug", Jadran Films, Altura Films (USA release), 1960

YUL BRYNNER, INGRID BERGMAN and SACHA PITOEFF in ANASTASIA (1956), directed by ANATOLE LITVAK.

DIANE LANE in THE COTTON CLUB (1984), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

LILLI PALMER in BETWEEN TIME AND ETERNITY (1956) -Original title: ZWISCHEN ZEIT UND EWIGKEIT-, directed by ARTHUR MARIA RABENALT.

WARREN BEATTY and NATALIE WOOD in FILM HISTORY: OSCARS. American actress Natalie Wood at the Oscars.

American actress in the 1930s. American actress Wynne Gibson, 1898-1987. She was contracted with movie company Paramount and made some 50 films between 1929 and 1956. Pictured here at home having a telephone conversation. 1930s

YUL BRYNNER and INGRID BERGMAN in ANASTASIA (1956), directed by ANATOLE LITVAK.

Ava Gardner, on-set of the Film, "Earthquake", Universal Pictures, 1974

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND. 1936.

MARY CARLISLE.

ROSALIND RUSSELL.

Sally Kellerman, on-set of the Film, "Loving Couples", 20th Century-Fox, 1980

Kim Novak , The Notorious Landlady , 1961 directed by Richard Quine Columbia Pictures

TALLULAH BANKHEAD.

RITA MORENO.

URSULA THIESS.

EDITH HEAD; VERONICA LAKE.

IRENE JACOB in THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (1991) -Original title: LA DOUBLE VIE DE VERONIQUE-, directed by KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI.

MARILYN MONROE.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1960

JEAN HARLOW in DINNER AT EIGHT (1933), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

JUDY GARLAND in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

AUDREY HEPBURN and ALBERT FINNEY in TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967), directed by STANLEY DONEN.

Photograph of the spanish actress Amparo Soler Leal taken in 1964.

MARLON BRANDO and EVA MARIE SAINT in ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), directed by ELIA KAZAN.

Los Angeles, California: July, 1937 Child actress and movie star Shirley Temple at nine years old descending a staircase.

EVA GABOR.

GLORIA SWANSON in SADIE THOMPSON (1928), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

BARBRA STREISAND and ROBERT REDFORD in THE WAY WE WERE (1973), directed by SYDNEY POLLACK.

ASTA NIELSEN.

ANN-MARGRET in BYE BYE BIRDIE (1963), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

Feb 6, 1975 - First Lady Betty Ford and daughter Susan wearing bathrobes and interacting affectionately as President Gerald Ford looks on, in the living quarters of the White House, Washington, D.C.

ANNA MAGNANI.

RAQUEL WELCH in MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970), directed by MICHAEL SARNE.

KIM NOVAK in BELL BOOK AND CANDLE (1958), directed by RICHARD QUINE.

JOHN BOLES.

INGRID BERGMAN in GASLIGHT (1944), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR.

George Segal, Susan Anspach, on-set of the Film, "Blume in Love", Warner Bros., 1973

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Irene, studies Lausanne, looks flower beds garden stay. September 27, 1957. Lausanne, Switzerland

RAQUEL WELCH and FRANK SINATRA in LADY IN CEMENT (1968), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

GENA ROWLANDS in LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962), directed by DAVID MILLER.

RYAN O'NEAL in BARRY LYNDON (1975), directed by STANLEY KUBRICK.

JEAN SIMMONS in HAMLET (1948), directed by LAURENCE OLIVIER.

PAUL NEWMAN and ELKE SOMMER in THE PRIZE (1963), directed by MARK ROBSON.

HEDY LAMARR in ALGIERS (1938), directed by JOHN CROMWELL.

Chuck Connors, Ann Turkel, on-set of the film, "99 and 44/100% Dead!", 20th Century-Fox, 1974

La actriz española María Cuadra en el Festival de Cine de San Sebastián de 1959.

KAY FRANCIS.

Hardie Albright and Maureen O'Sullivan in ""Skyline"", Fox Film

CLAUDIA CARDINALE in THE LOVEMAKERS (1961) -Original title: LA VIACCIA-, directed by MAURO BOLOGNINI.

Dorothy Mackaill, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., on-set of the Film, "The Barker", First National Pictures, Warner Bros., 1928

OLIVER HARDY; STAN LAUREL; EDGAR KENNEDY.

ROMY SCHNEIDER in SISSI SCHICKSALSJAHRE EINER KAISERIN (1957), directed by ERNST MARISCHKA.

Josef Cap, Jaroslava Obermaierová, on-set of the Czech film, "Souhvezdí panny", English title, "Sign Of The Virgo", 1965

Kathleen Quinlan, Half-Length Portrait for the Film, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden", New World Pictures, 1977

MARTHA HYER in THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR (1962).

Natalie Wood, Michael Caine, on-set of the Film, "Peeper", 20th Century-Fox, 1975

Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, on-set of the Film, "Hurry Sundown", Paramount Pictures, 1967

ROBERT REDFORD in INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (1965), directed by ROBERT MULLIGAN.

JULIE CHRISTIE in FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966), directed by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT.

SPENCER TRACY and LANA TURNER in CASS TIMBERLANE (1947), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

MIRIAM HOPKINS and KAY FRANCIS in TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

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

GINGER ROGERS in FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936), directed by MARK SANDRICH.

LESLIE HOWARD in OF HUMAN BONDAGE (1934), directed by JOHN CROMWELL.

MARION DAVIES.

CATHERINE DENEUVE and ROMAN POLANSKI in REPULSION (1965), directed by ROMAN POLANSKI.

Miss Helen Taft, first daughter of William Howard Taft (taken circa 1905-1945).

ELIZABETH TAYLOR in GIANT (1956), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

JOANNE WOODWARD and PAUL NEWMAN in PARIS BLUES (1961), directed by MARTIN RITT.

RAQUEL REVUELTA in LUCIA (1968).

Dwight D. Eisenhower, then a lieutenant, and Mamie Eisenhower pose together on their wedding day, July 1, 1916. Lieutenant Eisenhower, was 25, and Mamie Doud was 19, when they married at the bride's parents home in Denver, Colorado.

Fred Astaire

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

STEPHANE AUDRAN.

CLARK GABLE. 1933.

DICK VAN DYKE and ELKE SOMMER in THE ART OF LOVE (1965), directed by NORMAN JEWISON.

CATHERINE DENEUVE and ROMAN POLANSKI in REPULSION (1965), directed by ROMAN POLANSKI.

James Coburn, Lee Remick, on-set of the Film, "Hard Contract", 20th Century-Fox, 1969

Gloria Carlin Chetwynd, on-set of the Film, "Shoot", Avco Embassy Pictures Corp., 1976

CLAUDETTE COLBERT in ARISE, MY LOVE (1940), directed by MITCHELL LEISEN.

Actor Emil Jannings, Paramount Pictures Publicity Portrait with his Wife, Gussy Holl, 1929

AUDREY HEPBURN in WAR AND PEACE (1955), directed by KING VIDOR.

RAQUEL WELCH in MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970), directed by MICHAEL SARNE.

GARY COOPER in FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

John Barrymore with Dolores Costello and Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore, 1935

BORIS KARLOFF in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), directed by JAMES WHALE.

GRETA GARBO in ANNA CHRISTIE (1930), directed by JACQUES FEYDER.

THEDA BARA in CLEOPATRA (1917), directed by J. GORDON EDWARDS.

JOHN HURT and SIAN PHILLIPS in I, CLAUDIUS-TV (1976).

GEORGE BURNS; GRACIE ALLEN.

RICHARD GERE, DIANE LANE and JAMES REMAR in THE COTTON CLUB (1984), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

LOUIS JOURDAN and JOAN FONTAINE in LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948), directed by MAX OPHÜLS.

Asta Nielsen as Hamlet in silent film version of Hamlet, Anonymous

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