Iconic Male Performers

Stylish black-and-white portraits of male performers from the early 20th century, captured in dramatic poses and costumes indicative of their era.

Elsevier photo collection. Minister Foreign Affairs, Mr. Luns, left Indonesia company wife Schiphol. press conference departure. 24 July 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

GUY MADISON.

EDWARD G. ROBINSON in LITTLE CAESAR (1931), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

GLORIA SWANSON.

GEORGE ARLISS.

El cantante Enrique Guzmán.

CAROLE LOMBARD in I TAKE THIS WOMAN (1931), directed by MARION GERING.

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana Princess Irene private visit Royal Danish family. Arrival Grazasten (Jutland). July 30, 1954. Denmark, Grazasten

SHIRLEY TEMPLE.

Elsevier photo collection. Minister Foreign Affairs, Mr. Luns, left Indonesia company wife Schiphol. press conference departure. 24 July 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

EDDIE ALBERT and EVA GABOR in GREEN ACRES-TV (1965).

GEORGE RAFT in NOCTURNE (1946), directed by EDWIN L. MARIN.

ROBERT DONAT in THE 39 STEPS (1935), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

OLIVER HARDY; STAN LAUREL.

Motion picture and radio star Edward G Robinson being interviewed by the press during his visit to England on behalf of the US Office of War Information, London, England, 11/6/1942. (Photo by US Office of War Information/GG Vintage Images)

DEBBIE REYNOLDS.

Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque with a book at his writing desk in the villa in Porto Ronco. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

Poll photo collection. Eduard van Beinum at his country house. The conductor Eduard van Beinum is listed in the room of his Berdhuis Bergsham in Garderen. June 5, 1954. Garderen, Gelderland

WILLIAM POWELL in THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

Photograph of Prime Minister Sidney Holland (1893-1961), his wife Florence Beatrice Drayton and the Mayor of Auckland Sir John Allum (1889-1972). Dated 1945

January 7, 1938 - Edsel Ford, auto magnate, poses for the Harris-Ewing photographer just before he is questioned by the Senate Rail Investigating Committee.

Grover Cleveland watches as President William McKinley delivering his inaugural address, March 4, 1897

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. Queen Juliana reads the Throne speech on television. September 15, 1953

Photograph by Wilhelm August Schwind depicting Marie von Posch (born Widmann) in 1910, showing a formal portrait.

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque 1965, Guus Oster and son of Toon Hermans, Gaby. October 2, 1965. Amsterdam

LEE VAN CLEEF in KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), directed by PHIL KARLSON.

JEAN HARLOW.

ROBERT MITCHUM in FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1975), directed by DICK RICHARDS.

ROBERT MITCHUM in FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1975), directed by DICK RICHARDS.

Jack Lemmon, on-set of the Film, "Good Neighbor Sam", Columbia Pictures, 1964

Elsevier photo collection. radio television, Princess Beatrix Prince Claus told Dutch people thanks affected affection birth son Willem-Alexander. June 14, 1967

Goering giving speech. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

EDWARD G. ROBINSON.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here during the filming of the movie The Silence from 1963 where he directs the young Jörgen Lindström prior taking.

President Calvin Coolidge (front left), and First Lady Grace Coolidge (right), leaving home of Justice Joseph McKenna after a funeral, October 13, 1924

BUSTER KEATON; EDWARD SEDGWICK.

The Duke of Edinburgh Home From Canadian Tour -- The Duke of Edinburgh with the Marquis of Aberdeen and Lord Provost Graham, before joining his car to drive to Balmoral castle.The Duke of Edinburgh stepped ashore at Aberdeen to-day, after returning home from his Canadian tour, in the royal yacht Britannia.A large crowd turned out to cheer the duke, who later drove to Balmoral, where the Queen is on holiday with the royal children and other members of the royal family. August 23, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

The Countess Pia Bellentani sitting on the back seat of a car to go home to Sulmona. She is coming out from the psychiatric hospital where she was imprisoned for the murder of her lover Carlo sacchi with a shot from a 9mm caliber revolver. Pozzuoli (NA), Italy, August 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Bertus De Harder (VUC). April 14, 1949

Anefo photo collection. Television image of Pope Paul VI When closing the Second Vatican Council with a speech in Rome. December 8, 1965. Italy, Rome

TYRONE POWER.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG.

Buster Keaton c. 1932

CHARLES DANCE in GOOD MORNING, BABYLON (1987), directed by VITTORIO TAVIANI and PAOLO TAVIANI.

MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN.

GEORGE SANDERS in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945), directed by ALBERT LEWIN.

LON CHANEY in THE BLACKBIRD (1926), directed by TOD BROWNING.

JOHN HUSTON.

Federico Fellini.

Charlie Chaplin Meets "The Kid" Grown Up -- Jackie Coogan (right), whom Charlie Chaplin made famous in 1921 as "The kid," is shown visiting the famous film comedian in Hollywood recently. Jackie had never seen the picture which started him on the road to fame, so Chaplin ran in off for him. May 06, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque and his wife, Paulette Goddard, by the fireplace in their living room in the villa in Porto Ronco, interviewed by the photographer's wife, Hildegard Eschen. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

Kay Lenz, William Holden, on-set of the Film, "Breezy", Universal Pictures, 1973

Rafael Alberti (Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, 1902-1999). Poeta español, representante de la GENERACION DEL 27. En 1925 obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Literatura por su primer libro "Marinero en tierra". En 1983 fue galardonado con el Premio Cervantes. ALBERTI EN LOS ESTUDIOS DE "UNION RADIO".

OLIVER HARDY; STAN LAUREL.

ENRIQUE HERREROS.

Anefo photo collection. Visit from Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus to Groningen. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus with their encounter with some embroiled women. May 27, 1975. Groningen (Prov.), Groningen (city)

JOAN BLONDELL in GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

Kirk Douglas in the film 'Detective Story' 1951. Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky; December 9, 1916 - February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director, and author.

Joe E. Brown "Harvey". January 01, 1950. (Photo by J. C. W. Publicity)

Louise Washington on her way to attend the launching of the Liberty ship U.S.S. Booker T. Washington. 1942. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Washington (D.C.), Washington, Louise, United States , Officials and employees

Portrait of Pol Cassel (1892-1945, painter, graphic artist)

U.S. President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover Outdoor Seated Portrait Washington DC USA National Photo Company 1929

PETER LORRE in THE MALTESE FALCON (1941), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

JOAN CRAWFORD.

WILLIAM CONRAD in CANNON-TV (1971).

VINCENT PRICE.

CARY GRANT in NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

George Gershwin, American jazz composer, (1898-1937) on the Postdamer Platz in Berlin, on a side-trip from Paris, where he is studing music & composition "An American in Paris". May 1928.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK in FAMILY PLOT (1976), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Anefo photo collection. Television game "The heiress", Dried Herwijnen as Morris Townsend. December 16, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Speech by the American Minister of Justice. Robert Kennedy. 26 February 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

M.A. Farid. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.

Henry Grattan Guinness. May 15, 1939. (Photo by Phil Ward).

Anefo photo collection. Celebrities view herself in Wax Museum Madame Tussaud, Amsterdam; Johan Cruijff. September 24, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana speaks for the microphone. 1947

Nancy Astor, American born member of British Parliament, speaking into an early microphone, 1920s. She married fellow expatriate, Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, in 1897 (BSLOC_2017_1_72)

OLIVER HARDY; STAN LAUREL.

Rex Ingram and Louis Shaye. 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

Madrid, 01/11/1976. Their Majesties the Kings Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, accompanied by their son Prince Don Felipe, witness the match between the two Madrid teams from the honor box of the Vicente Calderón stadium. In the image, with them, on his left, Don Vicente Calderón, and on his right, Adolfo Suárez and Juan Miguel Villar Mir.

American bandleader and orchestral director Paul Whiteman.

Clark Gable, on-set of the Film, "Band of Angels", Warner Bros., 1957

Hollywood, California, c 1918Silent film star and actor House Peters enters a house wearing a tuxedo, a top hat, and carrying a cane.

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

Washington, D.C. March 10, 1946British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sits for Douglas Chandor who was chosen by the late President Roosevelt to portray the "Big Three" of the Yalta Conference. The painting will be completed in Russia.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Television program different from others, Victim Prof. DR. G. van de Bergh, v.L.n.R. Bert Garthoff, Mrs Evers and Prof. Van de Bergh. October 23, 1959

Actor Erich Von Stroheim, Shadow of Director Roy del Ruth, Portrait on-set of Film, "Three Faces East, Warner Bros., inside The New Movie Magazine, May 1930

President William Howard Taft in tophat, and tails. Very well dressed President Taft circa 1912.

Rose McConnell Long (right), Senator of Louisiana, and Wife of the Late Huey P. Long, Portrait, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, February 1936

12/31/1929. The couple known worldwide as "the fat one and the skinny one", Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel.

Goering Widow in Court - Frau Emmy Goering, widow of Nazi Germany's Marshal Hermann Goering, comes out of Semi-obscurity this week to offer minor testimony in a Munich denazigication trial. Frau Emmy has been staying out of the public eye since her husband's Suicide while awaiting execution as a war criminal. Goering's widow - No-longer-glamorous exactress Emmy Goring, who has lived quietly since husband suicided, looked like this giving evidence at a Munich denazification trial. March 29, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Other than others, Mies Bouwman and Hans Thiemeijer. January 27, 1965

Elsevier photo collection. Three-day visit Queen Juliana Princess Marijke (Christina) residence. Princess Marijke Rent Princess Wilhelmina doorway Palace Lange Voorhout. April 1953. Hague, South Holland

12/31/1953. Ingrid Bergman at the presentation of Joan of Arc in London. In the image, Ingrid Bergman, Roberto Rossellini, and the latter's son, Renzo, thirteen years old.

EDMUND GOULDING.

JOEL MCCREA in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Andrew Ray, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Mudlark", 20th Century-Fox, 1950

GARY COOPER in A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932), directed by FRANK BORZAGE.

WENDELL COREY in THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956), directed by BUDD BOETTICHER.

Anefo photo collection. Television program Mies and scene: Architect J.J. Friend with Mies Bouwman. March 14, 1969

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene opens war museum in Overloon, with photo of her grandmother, Princess Irene continues to look. May 23, 1960. Noord-Brabant, Overloon

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Margriet received check 25,000 Arnhem behalf Prince Bernhard Arnhem World Wildlife Fund. Lottie Margiono hands check. Television presenter Ria Bremer. October 26, 1968. Arnhem

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