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Silent Film Era Drama

Scenes from classic silent films exploring diverse themes, showcasing societal issues and early cinematic storytelling.

Re-enactments of American colonial life with an emphasis on slavery and the Civil War.

LUIS IRIONDO in COMPANYS, PROCESO A CATALUÑA (1979) -Original title: COMPANYS, PROCES A CATALUNYA-.

SCARFACE (1932), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

LAMBERTO MAGGIORANI and ENZO STAIOLA in BICYCLE THIEF (1948) -Original title: LADRI DI BICICLETTE-, directed by VITTORIO DE SICA.

TONIGHT WE RAID CALAIS (1943), directed by JOHN BRAHM.

LUMIÈRE! (2016), directed by THIERRY FREMAUX.

JEAN SIMMONS and ROBERT PRESTON in ALL THE WAY HOME (1963).

MAX LINDER in SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK (1921), directed by MAX LINDER.

Original Film Title: DEUXIEME BUREAU CONTRE INCONNU. English Title: WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. Film Director: JEAN STELLI. Year: 1957.

NANCY OLSON, WILLIAM HOLDEN and MICHAEL CURTIZ in FORCE OF ARMS (1951), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

ROBERT MITCHUM in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955), directed by CHARLES LAUGHTON.

ROBERTO BENIGNI and NICOLETTA BRASCHI in LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997) -Original title: LA VITA È BELLA-, directed by ROBERTO BENIGNI.

HAPPY EASTER (1954) -Original title: FELICES PASCUAS-, directed by JUAN ANTONIO BARDEM.

S.Z. Sakall, on-set of the Film, "The Dolly Sisters", 20th Century-Fox, 1945

DEU, Germany: The historical colour photos from the times of the 70s show events and people from politics, culture, trade unions, working life, medicine, etc. Cologne. Cologne Carnival 1965

ESCUELA DE PERIODISMO (1956), directed by JESUS PASCUAL.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Concertgebouw Orchestra / Vlankig. February 22, 1947

GEORGE BURNS and ART CARNEY in GOING IN STYLE (1979), directed by MARTIN BREST.

Movie poster "Man with a Movie Camera", Lissitzky, El (1890-1941)

PAUL NEWMAN in THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

ANTONIO FERRANDIS in BORRASCA (1978), directed by MIGUEL ANGEL RIVAS.

Penasco, New Mexico. Spanish-American clowns at a travelling show 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Penasco, New Mexico , Taos County

LIAM NEESON in MICHAEL COLLINS (1996), directed by NEIL JORDAN.

FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966), directed by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT.

JAMES STEWART in MADE FOR EACH OTHER (1939), directed by JOHN CROMWELL.

Hollywood, California, 1958 Actress Shirley Booth riding high on a camera boom on the set of Don Hartman's romantic comedy, "The Matchmaker".

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

SPENCER TRACY, KATHARINE HEPBURN and DAVID WAYNE in ADAM'S RIB (1949), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

DIRK BOGARDE in DEATH IN VENICE (1971) -Original title: MORTE A VENEZIA-, directed by LUCHINO VISCONTI.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK in STAGE FRIGHT (1950), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

VALERIANO LEON in EL PADRE PITILLO (1955), directed by JUAN DE ORDUÑA.

PELICULA :UN ANGEL PASO POR BROOKLYN , 1957. DIRECTOR , Ladislao Vajda. ACTORES , PABLITO CALVO , PETER USTINOV. PABLITO CALVO. PABLO CALVO HIDALGO. ACTOR DE CINE ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1949 - 200.

TOMAS MILIAN in THE COP IN BLUE JEANS (1976) -Original title: SQUADRA ANTISCIPPO-, directed by BRUNO CORBUCCI.

LAMBERTO MAGGIORANI and ENZO STAIOLA in BICYCLE THIEF (1948) -Original title: LADRI DI BICICLETTE-, directed by VITTORIO DE SICA.

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in BELOW ZERO (1930), directed by JAMES PARROTT.

GARY COOPER in BALL OF FIRE (1941), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

ROBERT TAYLOR in MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS (1963), directed by ARTHUR HILLER.

GENERAL DELLA ROVERE (1959) -Original title: IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE-, directed by ROBERTO ROSSELLINI.

Anefo photo collection. Herman van de Horst films the Netherlands from Ministry of Education Art and Sciences. November 17, 1954

Michael Gross, Amy Aquino, on-set of the Film, "Alan & Naomi", Triton Pictures, 1992

ELVIRA QUINTILLA, VIRGILIO TEIXEIRA, ANA MARISCAL and MARIA DULCE in UN DIA PERDIDO (1954), directed by JOSE MARIA FORQUE.

JOHN FORSYTHE and ROBERT BLAKE in IN COLD BLOOD (1967), directed by RICHARD BROOKS.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch film 'Cycling to the moon'. Left Ton Lensink (like Evert Egmond), right Lex Goudsmit as a pianist. May 9, 1962. Amsterdam

Garbo, & Fredric March in "Anna Karenika" with Freddie Bartholomenw, May Robson, Reginald Owen, Reginald Denny, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Proebe Foster, Cyles Isham directed by Clarence Brown.A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. November 04, 1935.

JOSE PRADO in DAY BY DAY (1951) -Original title: DIA TRAS DIA-, directed by ANTONIO DEL AMO.

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993), directed by MARTIN SCORSESE.

THE CITADEL (1938), directed by KING VIDOR.

Man in front of movie theater. Waco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Waco, Texas , McLennan County

WILLIAM HAINES in BROWN OF HARVARD (1926), directed by JACK CONWAY.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE KID (1921), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

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JAMES MURRAY in THE CROWD (1928), directed by KING VIDOR.

JAMES STEWART in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

A silent movie. A Scene from a Korean movie "A Bull without horns (1932)"

WILLIAM HOLDEN in THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962), directed by GEORGE SEATON.

Anefo photo collection. TV recordings: Swiebertje with Joop Doderer. December 11, 1970

NADA MENOS QUE UN ARKANGEL (1960), directed by ANTONIO DEL AMO and JAIME D'ORS.

Laurel and Hardy as agents standing in a cellar hatch, advertising an exhibition with film posters, Anonymous, 1980 photograph photographic support gelatin silver print film actor (on the screen)

Anefo photo collection. Courseur course by grave von Trips and Alfred Neubauer. April 19, 1958

KEENAN WYNN and FRANK SINATRA in A HOLE IN THE HEAD (1959), directed by FRANK CAPRA.

WARREN BEATTY in MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971), directed by ROBERT ALTMAN.

CLAUDIA CARDINALE in A GIRL IN AUSTRALIA (1971) -Original title: BELLO, ONESTO, EMIGRATO AUSTRALIA SPOSEREBBE COMPAESANA ILLIBATA-.

GENE KELLY, FRANK SINATRA, JULES MUNSHIN and BETTY GARRETT in ON THE TOWN (1949), directed by GENE KELLY and STANLEY DONEN.

BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO in HOLD THAT GHOST (1941).

A typical scene in a London alley where the woman of the night ply the trade that Dr. Sangster denounced as a moral evil menacing the future of the nation. April 21, 1954.

Film still from 'Family Honeymoon' starring Fred MacMurray, Claudette Colbert, Rita Johnson, and Peter Mills.

FRED MACMURRAY and BARBARA STANWYCK in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), directed by BILLY WILDER.

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

Mehlis. Looking for Mehlis - Flying Man

BLANCANIEVES (2012), directed by PABLO BERGER.

JOSE SUAREZ in ONCE PARES DE BOTAS (1954), directed by FRANCISCO ROVIRA BELETA.

GEORGE C. SCOTT and ANTHONY WALTERS in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984).

WHO'S MINDING THE STORE (1963), directed by FRANK TASHLIN.

Safety Last', 1923. Lloyd's famous spine-chilling 'human fly' stunt was done without doubles or trick photography and with only a net between him and the street.

JOSE LUIS OZORES in EL CASCO BLANCO (1959), directed by PEDRO BALAÑA, PEDRO BONVEHI and TONY SAYTOR.

DEAD END (1937), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

Alexandra Nazarova as Sophia Perovskaya / Anonymous / Photograph / 1967 / Russia / Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk / Opera, Ballet, Theatre,History

GERARD PHILIPE in ROUNDABOUT (1950) -Original title: LA RONDE-, directed by MAX OPHÜLS.

Lamberto Maggiorani, on-set of the Italian Film, "The Bicycle Thief", aka "Ladri di Biciclette", Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, 1948

Pre-Christmas at the Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette on 12. 12. 1976 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

DIRK BOGARDE in THE NIGHT PORTER (1974) -Original title: IL PORTIERE DI NOTTE-, directed by LILIANA CAVANI.

HAROLD LLOYD in SAFETY LAST (1923), directed by FRED NEWMEYER.

DOUBLE EDGED CRIME (1965) -Original title: CRIMEN DE DOBLE FILO-, directed by JOSE LUIS BORAU.

JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO in MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969) -Original title: LA SIRENE DU MISSISSIPPI-, directed by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT.

Fiddlin' Bill Henseley, mountain fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

MICKEY ROONEY and RODDY MCDOWALL in LASSIE COME HOME (1943), directed by FRED M. WILCOX.

Original Film Title: LASSIE COME HOME. English Title: LASSIE COME HOME. Film Director: FRED M. WILCOX. Year: 1943. Stars: MICKEY ROONEY; RODDY MCDOWALL.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch student orchestra for the tenth times are held by mountains. January 4, 1963. Bergen

Original Film Title: BERT RIGBY, YOU'RE A FOOL. English Title: BERT RIGBY, YOU'RE A FOOL. Film Director: CARL REINER. Year: 1989. Stars: ROBERT LINDSAY.

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