Vintage Cinema Premieres

Historic black and white photos of movie premieres and audiences, showcasing the glamour and excitement of film events from the mid-20th century.

Young Boy Outside, Motion Picture Theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, May 1910

Anefo photo collection. Gala Premiere Ciske de Rat in Rotterdam. October 6, 1955. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. In connection with bad weather, before cinema Tuschinki in the Reguliobestraat in Amsterdam. July 8, 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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

Young Boy Outside, Motion Picture Theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, May 1910

Poll photo collection. Report Paris. Moulin Rouge in Paris at evening. 1936. France, Paris

Vintage Photograph. Crowds of people seen around the Radio City Music Hall. Frame 1

Vintage Photograph. Line into the cinema.

Anefo photo collection. Entertainment: Rialto cinema. Ticket sales and row waiting public for the Rialto Theater in Amsterdam. 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Film "De Val van Berlin" in Cinema Royal in Amsterdam concerns Russian film "Padeniye Berlina". December 8, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Crowds outside the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem at the opening of "Macbeth". 1936. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Theaters , New York (State), Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.), Premieres, Theatrical productions, Crowds, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), New Lafayette Theatre

DARK AND BRIGHT (1936) -Original title: MORENA CLARA-, directed by FLORIAN REY.

Keith's Theater Welcoming President Woodrow Wilson Return from Paris Peace Conference, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, March 1919

, Volunteer - Kinematographer of Theresia Klein, postcard, Unknown

Poll photo collection. Nightlife in Paris. Dance opportunity Balajo. undated. France Paris

Anefo photo collection. Command columbafilm. August 13, 1965

U.S. Arena Stage Theater Exhibit. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. SPIVs in Soho, London. A street organ of Mick & Mike Music. 1947. England, London

Anefo photo collection. Film "De Val van Berlin" in Cinema Royal in Amsterdam concerns Russian film "Padeniye Berlina". December 8, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Criterion theater in New York City.

Crowd and Movie Theater Marquee at Night, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

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

THRILLS & CHILLS (EV001362_H)

EL PISITO (1959), directed by MARCO FERRERI.

FILM HISTORY: RODAJES.

Service personnel and civilians queue for admission to the Empire and Ritz cinemas in London's Leicester Square, 1941. A busy scene in London's Leicester Square as civilians and service personnel queue for admission to the Empire and Ritz cinemas. The queue snakes past a large Dolcis shoe shop and a small milk bar before reaching the cinemas. The Empire is showing 'The Philadelphia Story', starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart, whilst the Ritz appears to be showing 'Gone with the Wind'. Also visible in the distance are Queen's Brasserie, the Monseigneur News Theatre, (offering seats at 7d and 1/ 2d), the NSPCC headquarters, and the Warner cinema. Several cars can also be seen.

Anefo photo collection. Mission Maasbode, Christmas catalog. December 20, 1957

LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972) -Original title: ULTIMO TANGO A PARIGI-, directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI.

Anefo photo collection. Theater Diligentia reopened, The Hague. October 4, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Poll photo collection. Pariser Bilder the street life of Paris. Crowd for Theater Olympia displaces to buy tickets for a Rolling Stones concert. 1965. France, Paris

TOMAS BLANCO in APARTADO DE CORREOS 1001 (1950), directed by JULIO SALVADOR.

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Berenice Abbott, Untitled Lyric Theatre, 100 Third Avenue, New York , 1936, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Anefo photo collection. Jordan festival Amsterdam. September 10, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Queen's visit, December 1953-January 1954 ..., 29 December 1953, by Leslie Adkin.

42ND STREET (1933), directed by LLOYD BACON.

Main Street. The marquee of the Strand theater, showing LIFE BEGINS FOR HARDY, Amsterdam, New York, photograph by John Collier, October, 1941.

Anefo photo collection. Cinema strike in Belgium, closed cinemas on Keizerstraat in Antwerp. March 25, 1960. Antwerp, Belgium

BICYCLES ARE FOR THE SUMMER (1984) -Original title: LAS BICICLETAS SON PARA EL VERANO-, directed by JAIME CHAVARRI.

Anefo photo collection. Party lighting in the city, at evening. March 9, 1966

CINE HISTORIA DEL CINE LOCAL DE LA CADENA GAUMONT PARIS AÑOS 20.

JUZGADO PERMANENTE (1953), directed by JOAQUIN ROMERO MARCHENT.

Four movie theaters that were located on Broadway in Lawrence, Mass. at night , Motion picture theaters, Streets

Queue Town -- Queueing At The Fun Fair: At the Battersea Fun Fair popular sideshows such as that of the world's largest Rotor attract queues which wind right round the hall. On sunny days and during the weekends one can spend a pleasant hour getting from the end of the Queue to the box office; few people mind as what goes on around is amusing enough in itself. November 1, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953), directed by JACK ARNOLD.

Exhibition Malmö in 1896.

People in front of a movie theater showing THE GIRL CONSCRIPT, Wilmington, Delaware, photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, May, 1910.

Still uit de film KLK to PTX - The Red Chapel, Anonymous, 1971 photograph Berlin baryta paper gelatin silver print political meeting, propaganda meeting. torch Berlin

Crowd and Movie Theater Marquee at Night, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

12/31/1960. View of the entrance to the Lope de Vega cinema with the poster for the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

Election night crows ca. between 1910 and 1925.

Anefo photo collection. Nederlands Student orchestra rehearses (also Nos. 100979 to 100981). January 16, 1959

Madrid. 01/19/1987. The Callao cinema with the film >.

LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972) -Original title: ULTIMO TANGO A PARIGI-, directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI.

HUMPHREY BOGART and JOHN DEREK in KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (1949), directed by NICHOLAS RAY.

THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN (2021), directed by JAMES SPINNEY and PETE MIDDLETON.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment City Theater, City Theater in the evening. January 22, 1964

THE RIVER (1951), directed by JEAN RENOIR.

LIBERTY FOR US (1931) -Original title: A NOUS LA LIBERTE-, directed by RENE CLAIR.

RKO Keith's sign lit up at night, Boston , Marquees, Motion picture theaters. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972) -Original title: ULTIMO TANGO A PARIGI-, directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI.

Anefo photo collection. Opening Amstelflora by Mayor Dailly. March 25, 1954

Abe Warner opened his saloon on Meigg's Wharf in 1856, and it soon was called the Cobweb Palace. He loved spiders, and allowed them for years to spin their webs. in saloon. He added nude paintings, caged monkeys, and a parrot that swore in four languages. Ca. 1870s.

Madrid, May 1979. Exit of the Metro on Gran Vía. A poster announces an erotic show, indicative of the changes that were taking place in Spanish society.

The Essen Light Weeks, here on 10.12.1974 in Kettwiger Strasse, celebrated its 25th anniversary in the period in front of Christmas, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. In connection with bad weather, Cineac cinema on the Regulopleestraat in Amsterdam. July 8, 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

FILM HISTORY: RODAJES.

Heart of the war cinema in Pomorzany.

Adolph Zukhor's 1903 penny arcade, Crystal Hall near Union Square, New York City. Zukor had actors recite dialogue in synchronization with short silent movies.

Anefo photo collection. Slot evening Holland Festival in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Row for Concertgebouw. July 9, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Halloween Display, Cristobal Commissary, Canal Zone. October 16, 1953

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