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Filming at Elstree StudiosFilm director T. Hayes Hunter (1884-1944) working with actors Herbert Marshall (1890-1966) and Edna Best (1900-1974) during the filming of The Calendar at Elstree Studios. Date: 1931
Joan Crawford and MotherFilm star Joan Crawford (190?-1977), born Lucille Le Seuer, with her mother Anna Belle Le Seuer. Crawford's actual birthdate is uncertain. Date: circa 1931
Cedric Hardwicke in RoleA portrait of the actor Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964) playing the role of Edward Moulton-Barrett in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street'
Lilian Bond (1908-1991) was an English actress who achieved success in the United States and made many film appearances. Her film The Dancing Partner was shortly to open in London. Date: circa 1931
Frances DeeAmerican actress Frances Dee (1909-2004) had a film career spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s. Date: circa 1931
F. X. Shields, Tennis PlayerFrank X. Shields (1909-1975) was an American amateur tennis player, and also an actor who appeared in several films throughout the 1930s. Date: 1931
Screen LoversMatheson Lang (1879-1948) and Dorothy Chili Bouchier (1909-1999) appearing in the 1931 film Carnival'. This was a re-make of a film from 1921 of the same name, in which Lang had also starred
Gladys CooperActress Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), later Dame Gladys, showing off some of her gowns. Date: 1931
Georgia HaleActress Georgia Hale (1900-1985) had just been picked to appear in Chaplin's film The Gold Rush'. Despite a promising start, her acting career foundered with the advent of the talkies'
Sybil Thorndike and StudentsThe actress Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) with a group of students from Guy's Hospital in London. She had recently given a benefit performance for the hospital. Date: 1925
Mae Murray (1885-1965) the American actress, dancer, film producer and screenwriter, born Marie Koenig. Here she is appearing in the silent film Circe The Enchantress'. Date: circa 1925
Ivy Tresmand and Gene GerrardIvy Tresmand (1898-1980) and Gene Gerrard (1892-1971), appearing in a production of the musical comedy Katja the Dancer at the Gaiety Theatre in London's West End. Date: 1925
Horace Hodges in LightninActor Horace Hodges (1863-1951) performing in the play Lightnin at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Date: 1925
John Barrymore and Fay ComptonActors John Barrymore (1882-1942) and Fay Compton (1894-1978) in their roles as Hamlet and Ophelia for a production soon to open at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Date: 1925
Gertrude LawrenceBritish actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952). Around this time she was appearing in revue shows in London and New York. Date: circa 1925
Margaret BannermanCanadian actress Margaret Bannerman (1896-1976) appearing in Camilla States Her Case at the Globe Theatre in London. Later in 1925 her career would be interrupted when she suffered a nervous
Dorothy Seacombe (1906-1994) was a British actress who went on to have a film career. Here she is appearing in a stage production of Just Married at the Comedy Theatre. Date: circa 1925
Laura Cowie in Yoicks!Laura Cowie (1892-1969) was a Scottish stage and silent film actress. Here she is portraying Lucrezia Borgia in the revue show Yoicks! at the Kingsway Theatre. Date: circa 1925
Mother Goose PantomimeA production of Mother Goose at the London Hippodrome, featuring Shaun Glenville (1884-1968) as Mother Goose, Isobel Elsom (1893-1981) as the daughter, and Fred Conquest
Flora Le Breton (1899-1951) was an English stage and silent film actress who moved to the United States in 1924. Date: circa 1924
The Revue Show Yoicks!The revue show Yoicks! at the Kingsway Theatre, with images of performer Marjorie Gordon (1893-1983). Date: 1924
Fay Compton With DogVersatile actress Fay Compton (1894-1978) was born Virginia Compton-Mackenzie. Her theatre career embraced Shakespeare, comedy, pantomime, drama and the classics, and she appeared in over 40 films
Roy Rogers, American actor and singer Date: 1950
Margaret Leighton and Noel Coward, The Astonished HeartMargaret Leighton and Noel Coward in the film The Astonished Heart
Ava Gardner, American film actress Date: 1950
Virginia Mayo, American actress Date: 1951
Richard Todd, British actor
Peter Lawford, English actor based in the USA Date: 1951
Margaret Lockwood, English actress Date: 1951
Laurence Olivier, English actor Date: 1951
Lana Turner, American actress Date: 1951
June Allyson, American actress Date: 1951
Jean Simmons, British actress
Jean Kent, English actress Date: 1951
Glenn Ford, American actor Date: 1951
Eric Portman, English actor Date: 1951
Elizabeth Taylor, English actress Date: 1951
Dennis Price, English actor
Danny Kaye, American actor and comedian Date: 1951
Bing Crosby, American singer and actor Date: 1951
Lyn Harding as Antonio, The Tempest, ShakespeareLyn Harding as Antonio in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Norah Kerin as Miranda, The Tempest, ShakespeareNorah Kerin as Miranda in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Louis Calvert as Stephano, The Tempest, ShakespeareLouis Calvert as Stephano in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Lionel Brough as Trinculo, The Tempest, ShakespeareLionel Brough as Trinculo in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Julian L'Estrange as Sebastian, The Tempest, ShakespeareJulian L'Estrange as Sebastian in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban, The Tempest, ShakespeareHerbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Basil Gill as Ferdinand in The Tempest, ShakespeareBasi Gill as Ferdinand in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century