Classic Film Noir Stills

Black and white images from classic films featuring dramatic scenes and characters, evoking the aesthetic of early 20th-century cinema.

Two Women (cinema 1915). 1918. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

ZASU PITTS and GIBSON GOWLAND in GREED (1924), directed by ERICH VON STROHEIM.

JAYNE MANSFIELD in THE SHERIFF OF FRACTURED JAW (1958), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

SIGNE HASSO in THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET (1945), directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.

OLGA TSCHECHOWA and ALBERT PREJEAN in THE HORSE ATE THE HAT (1928) -Original title: UN CHAPEAU DE PAILLE D'ITALIE-, directed by RENE CLAIR.

FREDRIC MARCH and ROBERT BEATTY in MAN ON A TIGHTROPE (1953), directed by ELIA KAZAN.

Two Women (cinema 1915). 1918. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

LIBERTAD LAMARQUE in LA MUJER X (1955), directed by JULIAN SOLER.

HARPO MARX, THE MARX BROTHERS, CHICO MARX and GROUCHO MARX in THE COCOANUTS (1929), directed by ROBERT FLOREY.

WARNER OLAND in THE RETURN OF DR. FU MANCHU (1930), directed by ROWLAND V. LEE.

ROBERT MITCHUM, JANE GREER and STEVE BRODIE in OUT OF THE PAST (1947), directed by JACQUES TOURNEUR.

EASY VIRTUE (1928), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

PACO MARTINEZ SORIA and FLORINDA CHICO in EL PADRE DE LA CRIATURA (1972), directed by PEDRO LAZAGA.

LUISE RAINER and WILLIAM POWELL in THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS (1937), directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE.

Little Man, What Now' 1934 Douglas Montgomery and Christian Rub in Frank Borage's exposition of the roots of Nazism, one of the first such.

M (1931), directed by FRITZ LANG.

ANNA Q. NILSSON, H. B. WARNER and PETER PENROSEN in SORRELL AND SON (1927), directed by HERBERT BRENON.

HERBERT LOM in THE LADYKILLERS (1955), directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK.

TRIFLES (1950) -Original title: PEQUEÑECES-, directed by JUAN DE ORDUÑA.

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

HARPO MARX and CHICO MARX in A DAY AT THE RACES (1937), directed by SAM WOOD.

CAROLE LOMBARD in TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND (1936), directed by JOHN FORD.

BARCELONA Y SUS MISTERIOS (1915), directed by ALBERT MARRO.

DIRK BOGARDE and JAMES FOX in THE SERVANT (1963), directed by JOSEPH LOSEY.

HARPO MARX and CHICO MARX in MONKEY BUSINESS (1931), directed by NORMAN Z. MCLEOD.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in BUSY BODIES (1933), directed by LLOYD FRENCH.

JOHN WAYNE in FORT APACHE (1948), directed by JOHN FORD.

JOHN HURT in THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980), directed by DAVID LYNCH.

DETECTIVE STORY (1951), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

PATTY DUKE and ANNE BANCROFT in THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962), directed by ARTHUR PENN.

BILLY GILBERT, BARBARA STANWYCK and HELEN BRODERICK in THE BRIDE WALKS OUT (1936).

Original Film Title: THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS. English Title: THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS. Film Director: KENNE FANT. Year: 1962. Stars: SVEN LUNDBERG.

PETER SELLERS in TOPAZE (1961), directed by PETER SELLERS.

PATRICIA ROC in THE PERFECT WOMAN (1949), directed by BERNARD KNOWLES.

Film still from 'The Guinea Pig' starring Edith Sharpe, Richard Attenborough, Cecil Trouncer, Bernard Miles, and Robert Flemyng.

THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS (1959) -Original title: LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS-, directed by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT.

THE PLEASURE GARDEN (1925), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Elsevier photo collection. Scenes plays united stage. "L.L.L.". December 1925

THE CURSED VILLAGE (1930) -Original title: LA ALDEA MALDITA-, directed by FLORIAN REY.

ENRIQUE GUITART and NANI FERNANDEZ in NOVENTA MINUTOS (1949), directed by ANTONIO DEL AMO.

BURT LANCASTER and ALBERT DEKKER in THE KILLERS (1946), directed by ROBERT SIODMAK.

MARIA CASARES in ORPHEUS (1950) -Original title: ORPHEE-, directed by JEAN COCTEAU.

Mother O' Mine

Little Caesar'. It was against everyday settings such as this that the gangster film was enacted, linking crime with the ordinary life of audiences.

KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (1949), directed by NICHOLAS RAY.

Jiggs and Buster in MGM's all comedy ""Hot Dogs""

JULIAN MATEOS in THE ROBBERS (1962) -Original title: LOS ATRACADORES-, directed by FRANCISCO ROVIRA BELETA.

Bessie Emerick in 'The Black Stork' 1917.

JOHN WAYNE, THOMAS MITCHELL and BARRY FITZGERALD in THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (1940), directed by JOHN FORD.

SOLDIER OF ORANGE (1977) -Original title: SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE-, directed by PAUL VERHOEVEN.

I CONFESS (1953), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

BUSTER KEATON and BIG JOE ROBERTS in BACKYARD 1920 (1920) -Original title: NEIGHBORS 1920-, directed by BUSTER KEATON.

OSKAR WERNER in FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966), directed by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT.

JOHN DEREK in ROGUES OF SHERWOOD FOREST (1950), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

VALENTINA CORTESE and GINO CERVI in I MISERABILI (1948), directed by RICCARDO FREDA.

RALPH MEEKER in MICKEY SPILLANE'S KISS ME DEADLY (1955) -Original title: KISS ME DEADLY-, directed by ROBERT ALDRICH.

MUSIDORA and RENE CRESTE in JUDEX (1916), directed by LOUIS FEUILLADE.

DONALD CRISP, SARA ALLGOOD and RODDY MCDOWALL in HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941), directed by JOHN FORD.

Elsevier photo collection. scene "Carmen" opera Bizet Opera Class Amsterdam Conservatory. 1939. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

ROBERT NEWTON and JOHN MILLS in THIS HAPPY BREED (1944), directed by DAVID LEAN.

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

Cyril Maude (right), on-set of the Film, "Grumpy", a remake of the 1923 Silent Film of the same name, Paramount Pictures, 1930

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in BEHIND THE SCREEN (1916), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

HARRY LANGDON in HIS FIRST FLAME (1927).

DR MABUSE, DER SPIELER (1922), directed by FRITZ LANG.

Evelyn Ankers, Charles Bickford, on-set of the Film, "Burman Convoy", Universal Pictures, 1941

Maid In Swedan (Cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

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

RICHARD BENNETT and TIM HOLT in THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942), directed by ORSON WELLES.

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

CHARLIE CHAPLIN and EDNA PURVIANCE in A DOG'S LIFE (1918), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

Clown performing in circus

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934), directed by HAROLD YOUNG.

LEE J. COBB and JOANNE WOODWARD in THE THREE FACES OF EVE (1957), directed by NUNNALLY JOHNSON.

The New York Hat (Cinema 1912). 1912. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Director David MacDonald with Barry Barnes and Judy Kelly in The Midas Touch, a 1940 British thriller film. David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire - 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer. Barry K. Barnes (27 December 1906 - 12 January 1965) was an English film and stage actor. Julie Aileen Kelly (1 November 1913 - 22 October 1991), known professionally as Judy Kelly, was an Australian-born British actress

JOSEP MARIA SAGARRA. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL BQARCELONA 1894-1961. REPRESENTACION TEATRAL DE SU OBRA " FIDELIDAD " EN MADRID AÑO 1926. EN ESCENA LOS ACTORES ALFONSO MUÑOZ Y MARGARITA XIRGU.

Warner Baxter, Marian Nixon, on-set of the Film, "Amateur Daddy", Fox Film Corporation, 1932

GROUCHO MARX and MARGARET DUMONT in ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930), directed by VICTOR HEERMAN.

WALTER MATTHAU in FAIL SAFE (1964), directed by SIDNEY LUMET.

Film still from 'The Emperor Waltz' starring Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Richard Haydn, and Lucile Watson.

DORA DOLL in FRENCH CANCAN (1954), directed by JEAN RENOIR.

BERNARD CRIBBINS in CARRY ON JACK (1963), directed by GERALD THOMAS.

ONE WEEK OF HAPPINESS (1934) -Original title: UNA SEMANA DE FELICIDAD-.

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

ROBERT MITCHUM and ROD STEIGER in BREAKTHROUGH (1979) -Original title: STEINER-DAS EISERNE KREUZ-, directed by ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.

Heart of the Scottihütte.

Man at table with bottle. 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

SAPPHIRE (1959).

JAMES STEWART, ANDY DEVINE and VERA MILES in THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962), directed by JOHN FORD.

Emil Jannings, on-set of the Film, "The Blue Angel", German: "Der blaue Engel", Universum Film A.G., Paramount Pictures, 1930

FRANCISCO AGUILLO and JOAQUIN CARRASCO in BARCELONA Y SUS MISTERIOS (1915), directed by ALBERT MARRO.

ATHENE SEYLER, TERRY-THOMAS, ELSPETH DUXBURY and HATTIE JACQUES in MAKE MINE MINK (1960), directed by ROBERT ASHER.

TERMINAL STATION (1953) -Original title: STAZIONE TERMINI-, directed by VITTORIO DE SICA.

Hollywood, Los Angeles (United States), 1929, Chaplin and Neville in a scene cut from "City Lights".

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in SCRAM (1932), directed by LLOYD FRENCH and RAY MCCAREY.

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