Film Collection (#61)

The Bioscope cinema
A scene inside the Bioscope cinema in Vauxhall Bridge Road, London with a pianist playing ragtime on the piano to accompany the silent movies

The Toilet by Alfred Cheney Johnston
A photographic study of the film actress Renee Adore, seen applying lipstick to her pursed lips as she looks in a mirror

Ann Miller in short pyjamas
The American film actress, dancer and singer, Ann Miller (1923-2004), modelling a pair of short pyjamas while lying on a white fur rug

Poster of Africa for a film distributor, AGDC
Poster of Africa, showing the territory of a French film distributor, the AGDC, l Alliance Generale de Distribution Cinematographique

Turkish Movie Star from Izmir
Unidentified 1920s Turkish Film Actress from Izmir (Smyrna)

Celia Johnson (Mrs Peter Fleming)
Celia Johnson (1908 - 1982), British actress, best known for her role in Brief Encounter pictured in The Bystander shortly after her marriage to the writer, Peter Fleming

Dame Anna Neagle
Photographic portrait of Dame Anna Neagle (1903 - 1986), born Flora Marjorie Robertson, British actress and film star. Neagle soon became associated with the historical picture portraying Nell Gwynn

A Night to Remember, film studio scene
An artists colour sketch of a film studio scene for the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

A Night to Remember, book and film items
The book by Walter Lord, with an information folder and film poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Graumans Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, California. The film showing at the time was Back Street (remade in both 1941 & 1961!) starring Irene Dunne and John Boles

Steel Frame Building construction - London
The building of the Film House - 142 Wardour Street - an early photographic example of the technique of steel frame construction - still the favoured method of putting up a building seen everywhere

Gran pops nose is put out of joint by Lawson Wood
Now that King Kong has appeared in London, this might happen to Gran pop (the wily orang utan created by artist, Lawson Wood) at any moment

Gordon Conway(1894-1956). Prolific costume designer for the theatre and film, and contributor to magazines such as " The Tatler" and " Eve"

A 1930s British film studio by Alfred Bestall
An impression by Alfred Bestall of the making of a close-up in a British film studio in the 1930s. A host of lighting and camera men are focused on a single actress

Tatler front-cover: Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard, the American film actress in the role of Mrs Cheveley, during the filming of Oscar Wildes An Ideal Husband at the London Film Studios at Shepperton

Tatler front-cover: Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers, the American film actress and dancer, in the role of Janie in Tom, Dick and Harry, a beautiful young lady who must choose between a millionaire, a car salesman and a mechanic

Cocktail Bar 1932
Miss Kathryn Carver seen with Mr Curtis Moffat in the attractive bar of the latters house. Mss Carver, a film actress, is wearing satin pyjamas & a short coattee

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple

Norma and Constance Talmadge with their favourite publicatio
A Tatler cover to celebrate the arrival of film celebrities Norma and Constance Talmadge to London. On their journey from Victoria their car was covered in flowers

The Hon. Pamela Boscawen
PAMELA CARME The Hon. Pamela Boscawen, sister of Lord Falmouth and well known on the West End stage under the name of Pamela Carme

Reading Tatler / Swimsuit
A girl (film actress Merle Oberon) in a one-piece swimming costume and white peep-toe high heels lies on the beach reading an issue of The Tatler magazine

Cathleen Nesbitt
CATHLEEN NESBITT English film and stage actress. Admired by the poet Rupert Brooke. Had a career spanning seventy years

Tallulah Bankhead / Harris
TALLULAH BANKHEAD American film and stage actress, talk show host and bonne vivante, pictured here refusing to play to the gallery

Film Costume / Athens 2 / 3
A dress designed (and worn here) by Marguerite Churchill for her role in The Lady of Athens

Film Costume Athens 1 / 3
A dress designed (and worn here) by Marguerite Churchill for her role in The Lady of Athens

Film Costume / Athens 3 / 3
A dress designed (and worn here) by Marguerite Churchill for her role in The Lady of Athens

The largest photograph ever taken in 1907
The largest single photograph produced in 1907. The negative measured seven inches wide and six feet long. At the moment of exposure the film moved at 20 to 80 inches per second

Cocteau / In Bed / 1941
JEAN COCTEAU French writer, artist and film maker, reading in bed in 1941

USA Sierra Madre
This is Sierra Madre in the Rockies, not the location of John Hustons film which was set in Mexico

Actress Mary Ellis
MARY ELLIS American-born stage and film actress. Found success in London in the 1930s in plays such as Kern/Hammersteins " Music in the Air" and

Televising a unit of Londons Land Defence Force against ene
In December 1936 the B.B.C carried out its first transmission from outside at night. A mock air-raid was staged so that Londoners could see how the Territorial Army had prepared itself for the onset

Television in the comfort of your own home
The latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse

Fairbanks(S) / B Pirate
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (SENIOR) (real name: JULIUS ULLMAN) American film actor in The Black Pirate (1926)

Greta Garbo / Sep 1931
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress

Joan Crawford / Cig Card
JOAN CRAWFORD American film actress with Clark Gable

Dietrich / Cig Card
MARLENE DIETRICH German film actress

Fairbanks(S) / Smiling
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (SENIOR) (real name: JULIUS ULLMAN) American film actor smiling for the camera Date: 1883 - 1939

Greta Garbo / Cig Gard
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress

Jean Harlow / Cig Card
JEAN HARLOW American film actress, seen here on the telephone

Zsa Zsa Gabor / Postcard
ZSA ZSA GABOR Hungarian-American film actress

Katharine Hepburn / Radio
KATHARINE HEPBURN American film actress in profile

Louise Brooks / Postcard
American silent film actress, LOUISE BROOKS (1906-1985)

The 1940S House
The television crew film the Hymers familys departure from Otley, Yorkshire, destination The 1940s House, West Wickham, Kent. Lots of neighbours turn out to watch

French Film Magazine
MON CINE (My Cinema) French magazine devoted to the cinema, the films, the stars, the technology, the social relevance of the cinemato- graphic art

Wizard of Oz / Shoes
Dorothy holds up the silver shoes which later become ruby slippers in the film version of this story

Mary Pickford / Meledin
MARY PICKFORD American film actress during a visit to Moscow

Mary Pickford / Fairbanks
MARY PICKFORD American film actress with her husband Douglas Fairbanks Jnr at Moscows Hotel Savoy

Vera Kholodnaya / Runich
Vera Kholodnaya, Russian silent-film actress with Runich

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