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Historical Moments in Film

Images capturing notable moments in film history, including a young actress, childhood beauty queens with a first lady, and vintage fashion scenes.

Lieutenant and Mrs. Thomas H. Massie, the unhappy couple at the center of the 1932 'honor killing' of Joseph Kahahawai, who she accused of rape to cover up her own indiscretions. The couple divorced in 1934.

John Saxon, Jill St. John, on-set of the Film, "Summer Love", Universal Pictures, 1958

Anthony perkins, ingrid bergman, yves montand, george V hotel, paris 1960

KATHARINE HEPBURN in SUMMERTIME (1955), directed by DAVID LEAN.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. The princesses Beatrix and Irene. 1950

Miss Fellegi with Fred Cole, the sportswear Tycoon, Esther Williams and a group of Hollywood's young women. January 28, 1953. (Photo by Victor H. Tampone).

BETTE DAVIS.

CURD JÜRGENS and ROMY SCHNEIDER in ADORABLE SINNER (1959) -Original title: KATIA-, directed by ROBERT SIODMAK.

Running The Royal Gamut -- Queen Elizabeth II is doing the emoting, but the expressions would be familiar to any racing fan. The British monarch appears to be running the gamut from hope through despai to that "maybe next race" smile as she attends the Ladies Day program at Epsom yesterday. June 5, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Standin and star: Josephine Kamm, standin, with Nan Grey, one of the Three Smart Girls in Universal's "Three Smart Girls Grow Up". June 19, 1939.

Anita Bryant, Dick Clark and Bobby Rydell in publicity portrait ca. 1960 in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, on-set of the film, "Who Was That Lady", Columbia Pictures, 1964

JOAN FONTAINE and JUDITH ANDERSON in REBECCA (1940), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

New York, New York: 1963. L-R: Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Shore, Joan Sutherland perform on the Dinah Shore Chevy Show,

Injured Film Star Is Back At Work -- Film actor Richard Attenborough, who had 12 stitches inserted in his forehead after being struck by a cricket ball recently, is pictured in costume as a soldier at Shepperton studios today (Monday) when he returned to work on the film 'Private's progress'.Make-up man Neville Smallwood applies a finishing touch with the brush to make sure the scar is invisible. Mr. Attenborough was detained in hospital at East Grinstead, Sussex, after the accident, which occurred during a cricket match between politicians and the stage on September 11. A studio official said today that the actor had a headache but was otherwise perfectly all right. September 19, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Jackie Gleason - American Actor. November 28, 1952. (Photo by Look Magazine).

Mrs E Knight gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

BOB HOPE.

Dwight Eisenhower at his mother's knee. The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, came back to Abilene, Kansas for a visit following Germany's surrender in May 1945. June 24, 1945.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus visited Breda, visit the Begijnhof, where bowl of rice was consumed. May 21, 1966. Breda

Edwige Feuiller, Jean Max and Jean Tissier in I Was an Adventuress, a 1940 American drama film. Edwige Feuillere (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 - November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Jean-Max (1895-1970) was a French film actor. Jean Tissier (1896-1973) was a French stage, film and television actor. A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career.

July 30, 1986. HM Queen Sofia greets Mother Teresa of Calcutta, before inaugurating a shelter for the elderly in Madrid, which bears the name of the Missionary.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet has son. Pieter van Vollenhoven. April 18, 1968

Dorothy Provine, on-set of the film, "The Bonnie Parker Story", American International Pictures, 1958

JOAN CRAWFORD.

Portrait of Southland Rythm Girls at Leon & Eddie's, 1935

MARILYN MONROE.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana visits Coevorden. September 8, 1972. Coevorden

Queen Elizabeth II making a Radio broadcast in Australia 1954

KATHARINE HEPBURN and KATHARINE HOUGHTON in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967), directed by STANLEY KRAMER.

Princess Ubangi. June 23, 1949.;Princess Ubangi.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR in THE V. I. P. 'S (1963), directed by ANTHONY ASQUITH.

Frank Sinatra at the Methodist Orpahnage in Richmond, VA.

CAROLE LOMBARD in VIGIL IN THE NIGHT (1940), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

JEAN HARLOW.

SUSAN HAYWARD in JACK LONDON (1943), directed by ALFRED SANTELL.

Gerry Fairbanks and Joan Collins on a film set. Gerald Bertram "Jerry" Fairbanks (November 1, 1904, San Francisco - June 21, 1995, Santa Barbara, California) was a producer and director in the Hollywood motion picture and television industry. Dame Joan Henrietta Collins DBE (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author, and columnist

ANNA MAGNANI in L' ONOREVOLE ANGELINA (1947).

Elizabeth 'Elsie' Carlisle (28 January 1896 - 5 September 1977) was a popular English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, nicknamed "Radio Sweetheart Number One. Photograph of Elsie Carlisle in London's Tin Pan Alley.

Photograph of Laya Raki (1927-) on the set of 'The Seekers'.

JUDY GARLAND.

Anefo photo collection. Wax museum Madame Tussaud in Amsterdam; Anne Frank. September 22, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Zsa Zsa Gabor at Home -- Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor photographed at her home in the Bal Air residential quarter of Hollywood. With her is her daughter Francesca. Zsa Zsa is dressed in a leopard-skin housecoat, and Francesca is wearing tiger-skin pyjamas. Thrice-married, Zsa Zsa is seen around these days with Porfirio Rubirosa, the ex-Dominican diplomat. September 06, 1955. (Photo by Gerard Decaux, Camera Press).

ROBERT WAGNER, STEVE MCQUEEN and SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD in THE WAR LOVER (1962), directed by PHILIP LEACOCK.

Cesar Romero with his mother, Mrs. Maria Romero. Chow aboard the Coast Guard-manned assault transport on which he served in the South Pacific wasn't bad, but according to Cesar Romero, it can't hold a candle to the food prepared by his mother, Mrs. Maria Romero. The "Cisco Kid" of the movies is back after nine months overseas, during which he helped land soldiers, Marines and supplies at both Saipan and Tinian.

The Andrews Sisters, el trío vocal formado por las hermanas LaVerne Andrews, Maxene Andrews y Patty Andrews.

Anefo photo collection. Jean Harlow (right), movie star. January 2, 1968

AUDREY HEPBURN in WAR AND PEACE (1956), directed by KING VIDOR.

The 'LBJ ladies' at the 1964 National Democratic Convention in Atlanta. L-R: Lynda Bird Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Lucy Baines Johnson. Sept. 3, 1964.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins delivering speech at 75th anniversary gala celebration of the International Cigar Makers Union, Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, July 29, 1939

Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and their cousin, Anthony Radziwill, at the Belgian Village of New York World's Fair. April 2, 1965.

The Prime Minister's 80th Birthday -- Miss Pamela McCarthy, of Perth, Australia, puts the last candle on the birthday cake, at the headquarters of the Birthday Fund in London. Contributions from all over the world are still arriving at the headquarters of the "Churchill 80th Birthday Fund", formed in London to provide a fitting tribute to Sir Winston Churchill on the occasion of his 80th birthday to be celebrated on November 30th. November 22, 1954.

Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, on-set of the film, "Winning", Universal Pictures, 1969

PETER LORRE; SYDNEY GREENSTREET.

ERROL FLYNN; ORSON WELLES; RITA HAYWORTH.

The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and his wife, Gala. At the time he was working on his book 'The Secret Life of Salvador Dali'. When asked about the presence of the statue, he said, 'Just to make people ask questions.' Date: 02/04/1941

Gracie Fields At Shirley Temple's Birthday PartyGracie Fields helping Shirley Temple to cut her eighth birthday cake.Gracie Fields, the comedienne, was one of the guests at the eight birthday party given by Shirley Temple at her Hollywood home. May 3, 1937.

Photograph of Petula Clark (1932-) a British singer, actress and composer.

1955. Lauren Bacall and sons, Stephen an Leslie, during a visit to Humphey Bogart in China, while he was filming "Left Hand of God". LAUREN BACALL. HUMPHREY BOGART.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE in POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1936), directed by IRVING CUMMINGS.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . 350 anniversary Jordaan. The Election Queen of the Jordaan and Greetje Pronk after the coronation. August 25, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

JOAN FONTAINE in YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY (1948), directed by H. C. POTTER.

12/31/1927. The world of the screen has been moved these days by the fall of the funny and childish curls of "America's sweetheart", Mary Pickford, who appears in the photograph frightened by the figaro's trick. VIDAL PHOTO.

JANETTE SCOTT.

ALAN LADD in BEYOND GLORY (1948), directed by JOHN FARROW.

Anefo photo collection. Miss Rotterdam 1962 elections. April 26, 1962

Three's Company... ***** Greer Garson, Red-headed, Green-eyed Irish ***** with her two American born French poodles ***** and Gogo. Miss Garson is soon to star in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Blossoms in the Dust," based on the work of the Texas Children's home and ***** Society has made her one of the most beloved humanitarians in the United States. The film, to be made in Technicolor, will reveal for the first time the beauty of Miss Garson's coloring. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, the picture is being produced by Irving Asher. May 18, 1942. (Photo by Carpenter, M.G.M. - Photo).

Edgar Bergen (See Also - Charlie McCarthy). September 14, 1948.

Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002). Dated 20th Century

DOROTHY LAMOUR. 1947.

Ann Davison, (left) who made a solo voyage across the Atlantic to America in her thirty-three foot sloop 'Felicity Ann' Broadcasting in BBC Woman's Hour on 27th January, 1954, the day of her return to England. with her is Joan Yorke, who interviewed her for this programme. January 27, 1954.

George Burns (1896-1996), Gracie Allen (1902-1964), Comedy team

Ewa aulin, 1967

Anefo photo collection. City council visits Artis. Mrs. Vonhoff (VVD) with Oerang-Oetan. 29 May 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Douglas Fairbanks and his wife Mary Pickford pictured reading The Tatler and its sister magazine, Eve, at a charity dance given in London in aid of the funds of the Disabled Soldiers' and Sailors' Workshops. 1921

MARY CARLISLE.

REX HARRISON and LILLI PALMER in THE FOUR POSTER (1952), directed by IRVING REIS.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet and Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven with Prince Maurits. 1969

EVE ARDEN in OUR MISS BROOKS (1956), directed by AL LEWIS.

DORIS DAY in THAT TOUCH OF MINK (1962), directed by DELBERT MANN.

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