Golden Age Cinema Stills

Iconic black and white stills from notable films featuring classic film noir characters, dramatic settings, and historical cinematic moments.

"The Notorious Sophie Lang." with Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh. Arthur Byron, Alison Skipworth, Leon Errol and Franklin Pangborn. Directed by Ralph Murphy, A Paramount Picture.Leon Errol as Peltz in "The Notorious Sophie Lang." December 31, 1934.

HUMPHREY BOGART in THE BIG SLEEP (1946), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

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

GEORGE SANDERS and WALTER PIDGEON in MAN HUNT (1941), directed by FRITZ LANG.

BASIL RATHBONE in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939), directed by ALFRED L. WERKER.

'Take it From Here' is Static. B.B.C. commentator Richard Dimbleby is puzzled to find the real Dick Bentley among the wax models of the 'Take It From Here' starts in the Tussaud Exhibition at Baker Street, W. For others in a like plight - Bentley is posing second from right. The models of Bentley, 'Professor' Jimmy Edwards and Joy Nichols have been added to the Tussaud collection on the centenary of the death of the founder, Madame Tussaud. Bentley went along to unveil them a ceremony that was t

BELA LUGOSI in BLACK FRIDAY (1940), directed by ARTHUR LUBIN.

Alvin Hammer, Otto Kruger, on-set of the Film, "The Fabulous Suzanne", Republic Pictures, 1946

Sherwood Price (center), Jay Barney (right), on-set of the film, "Blueprint for Robbery", Paramount Pictures, 1961

"The Notorious Sophie Lang." with Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh. Arthur Byron, Alison Skipworth, Leon Errol and Franklin Pangborn. Directed by Ralph Murphy, A Paramount Picture.Leon Errol as Peltz in "The Notorious Sophie Lang." December 31, 1934.

W. C. FIELDS and FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW in DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935) -Original title: PERSONAL HISTORY, ADVENTURES, EXPERIENCE, & OBSERVATION OF DAVID COPPERFIELD THE YOUNGER, THE-, directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

A Day at the Races (1937) is the seventh film starring the three Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Like their previous MGM feature A Night at the Opera, this film was a major hit

Donald Cook (center), Jack Oakie (far right), on-set of the Film, "Bowery to Broadway", Universal Pictures, 1944

HUMPHREY BOGART, CLAUDE RAINS, INGRID BERGMAN and PAUL HENREID in CASABLANCA (1942), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

RICHARD WIDMARK in O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE (1952), directed by HOWARD HAWKS, HENRY KING, HENRY HATHAWAY, JEAN NEGULESCO and HENRY KOSTER.

VICTOR MCLAGLEN in THE INFORMER (1935), directed by JOHN FORD.

VICTOR MATURE in THE LAS VEGAS STORY (1952), directed by ROBERT STEVENSON.

HUMPHREY BOGART and EDWARD G. ROBINSON in KEY LARGO (1948), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

RONALD COLMAN and CLARENCE BROWN in KIKI (1926), directed by CLARENCE BROWN.

Two men fighting with each other and being held back by a woman and a man (EV005422_H)

GRETA GARBO, FELIX BRESSART, SIG RUMANN and ALEXANDER GRANACH in NINOTCHKA (1939), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

ADOLPHE MENJOU in FORBIDDEN (1932), directed by FRANK CAPRA.

Unidentified actors, scene from the German musical film, "The Threepenny Opera", German title: "Die 3 Groschen-Oper", photo by Hans Casparius, Nero-Film, Tobis Filmkunst, Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH, 1931

HUMPHREY BOGART in ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942), directed by VINCENT SHERMAN.

THOMAS MITCHELL, VINCENT PRICE and DANA ANDREWS in WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956), directed by FRITZ LANG.

HARPO MARX in ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930), directed by VICTOR HEERMAN.

Milton Berle, Cesar Romero, on-set of the Film, "A Gentleman at Heart", 20th Century-Fox, 1942

TONY MARTIN, HARPO MARX, THE MARX BROTHERS, CHICO MARX, GROUCHO MARX and MARGARET DUMONT in THE BIG STORE (1941), directed by CHARLES REISNER.

EDWARD G. ROBINSON, GEORGE E. STONE and BARTON MACLANE in BULLETS OR BALLOTS (1936), directed by WILLIAM KEIGHLEY.

Paulette Goddard, Oscar Homolka, John Ireland, Will Geer, James Brown, on-set of the Film, "Anna Lucasta", Columbia Pictures, 1949

JAMES STEWART in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946), directed by FRANK CAPRA.

JUDY HOLLIDAY in BELLS ARE RINGING (1960), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

CHICO MARX and GROUCHO MARX in AT THE CIRCUS (1939), directed by EDWARD BUZZELL.

Lighting cigar with a candle (EV007408_H)

Ernest Truex (center), on-set of the Film, "Everybody Dance", Gaumont British Distributors, 1936

GROUCHO MARX, ROBERT BARRAT and WALTER WOOLF KING in GO WEST (1940), directed by EDWARD BUZZELL.

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Peter Falk (left), on-set of the film, "Pretty Boy Floyd", Continental Distributing, 1960

Don "Red" Barry, Ben Welden, Sheldon Leonard, on-set of the film, "The Last Crooked Mile", Republic Pictures, 1946

DONALD PLEASENCE in THE MONSTER CLUB (1980), directed by ROY WARD BAKER.

A scene from the 20th Century-Fox Production "Miracle on 34th Street"New agent Wm Frawley cautious judge ***** about his court decision. August 1, 1947.

12/31/1934. Still from "A Night at the Opera".

MICHAEL REDGRAVE, DAME MAY WHITTY and MARGARET LOCKWOOD in THE LADY VANISHES (1938), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

VICTOR MCLAGLEN in THE DEVIL'S PARTY (1938).

Anefo photo collection. "Give money" Kro television; Lex Goudsmit, Jan Retel and Henk Molenberg. October 3, 1963

Two men in tuxedos with unconscious woman (EV003410_H)

TELLY SAVALAS, ROBERT VAUGHN and DAVID MCCALLUM in THE KARATE KILLERS (1967), directed by BARRY SHEAR.

EDNA MAY OLIVER, JIMMY DURANTE, HENRY KOLKER and JACK PEARL in MEET THE BARON (1933), directed by WALTER LANG.

BELA LUGOSI in GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE (1943).

BASIL RATHBONE and NIGEL BRUCE in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE HOUSE OF FEAR (1945), directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL.

MICHAEL RENNIE and MARGARET LOCKWOOD in I'LL BE YOUR SWEETHEART (1945), directed by VAL GUEST.

Sid Silvers, Al Norman, on-set of the Film, "52nd Street", United Artists, 1937

BEN TURPIN and OLIVER HARDY in SAPS AT SEA (1940), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

Frank Sinatra, Tony Bill, on-set of the Film, "Come Blow Your Horn", Paramount Pictures, 1963

TONY LEBLANC in MANOLO GUARDIA URBANO (1956).

Mickey Rooney, Marta Linden, on-set of the Film, "Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble", MGM 1944

JOHN CARRADINE and DANA ANDREWS in FALLEN ANGEL (1945), directed by OTTO PREMINGER.

Lois Collier, Noah Beery Jr., Frederick Brady, Rose Hobart, Paul Kelly, Jonathan Hale, Douglass Dumbrille, on-set of the film, "The Cat Creeps", Universal Pictures, 1946

KIRK DOUGLAS and BURT LANCASTER in GUNFIGHT AT THE O. K. CORRAL (1957), directed by JOHN STURGES.

Anefo photo collection. Television game "Never thought". John Lanting, Onno Molenkamp and John Leddy. November 5, 1961

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in HOLLYWOOD PARTY (1934).

Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator” with Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardner, Billie Gilbert, Henry Daniell, Maurice Moscovich. October 19, 1940. (Photo by United Artists Corp).

Leo Gorcey, David Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Benedict, the Bowery Boys, on-set of the film, "Jinx Money", Monogram Pictures, 1948

Wallace Beery (seated right), on-set of the western film, "The Bad Man Of Brimstone", Loew's Inc., 1937

TREVOR HOWARD and CELIA JOHNSON in BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945), directed by DAVID LEAN.

WORKED TO DEATH (EV001494_H)

ADOLPHE MENJOU and DEANNA DURBIN in ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL (1937), directed by HENRY KOSTER.

NOVA PILBEAM, DERRICK DE MARNEY and EDWARD RIGBY in THE GIRL WAS YOUNG (1937) -Original title: YOUNG AND INNOCENT-, directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

ZaSu Pitts, James Gleason, on-set of the Film, "Forty Naughty Girls", RKO Radio Pictures, 1937

GEORGE RAFT, PAUL MUNI and OSGOOD PERKINS in SCARFACE (1932), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

FRANK ALBERTSON, LUCILLE BALL, HARPO MARX, THE MARX BROTHERS, CHICO MARX and GROUCHO MARX in ROOM SERVICE (1938), directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER.

GROUCHO MARX in A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935), directed by SAM WOOD.

EDGAR BERGEN, W. C. FIELDS and DOROTHY LAMOUR in THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 (1938), directed by MITCHELL LEISEN.

XAVIER CUGAT and FRED ASTAIRE in TUESDAY'S ORCHIDS (1942) -Original title: YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER-, directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER.

KETTI GALLIAN in MARIE GALANTE (1934), directed by HENRY KING.

Pert Kelton, Ned Sparks "Sing and Like It" *****. July 2, 1934.

JAMES CAGNEY and RUBY KEELER in FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933), directed by LLOYD BACON.

LORETTA YOUNG, HENRY TRAVERS, HARRY GREEN and JACKIE KELK in BORN TO BE BAD (1934), directed by LOWELL SHERMAN.

Jack Green. April 21, 1953.

HUMPHREY BOGART and DOOLEY WILSON in CASABLANCA (1942), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 drama film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who goes undercover as a Jew to conduct research for an exposé on antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. The movie was controversial in its time and was based on Laura Z. Hobson's 1947 novel of the same name.

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HUMPHREY BOGART and JAMES CAGNEY in THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

CARY GRANT, DONALD MEEK, JACK OAKIE and EDWARD ARNOLD in THE TOAST OF NEW YORK (1937), directed by ROWLAND V. LEE.

JAMES STEWART and SPENCER TRACY in MALAYA (1949), directed by RICHARD THORPE.

RAMON NOVARRO, FERIKE BOROS and HENRY ARMETTA in HUDDLE (1932), directed by SAM WOOD.

ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949), directed by ROBERT ROSSEN.

THE CREMATOR (1969) -Original title: SPALOVAC MRTVOL-, directed by JURAJ HERZ.

Game of checkers (EV008051_H)

SPENCER TRACY and LIONEL ATWILL in THE MURDER MAN (1935), directed by TIM WHELAN.

BASIL RATHBONE and NIGEL BRUCE in SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH (1943), directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL.

Man and his puppet looking at each other (EV004905_H)

Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Ralph Richardson, on-set of the British Film, "The Fallen Idol", British Lion Films, 1948

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in BLOCK-HEADS (1938).

JODIE FOSTER and SCOTT BAIO in BUGSY MALONE (1976), directed by ALAN PARKER.

Kirk Douglas, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, on-set of the Film, "The Bad And The Beautiful", MGM 1952

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

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