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Adrian Brunel, film director and screenwriterAdrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here on the set of The First of The Few
Box cover design, Circus at the Zoo, Castle Films, 8mm movie film. circa 1950s
Georges Perinal, cinematographer, First of The FewGeorges Perinal (1897-1965), acclaimed French cinematographer, at work behind the camera on location for The First of the Few
Mary Carlisle, American actress (1914-). circa 1930s
Gordon Selfridge and Anna May WongRetail supremo, F. Gordon Selfridge, founder of London department store, Selfridges, pictured with American-born Chinese film star, Anna May Wong
Soho, London - Chinese films in window display. 1973
Soho, London - National Film Theatre display - Mae West with a fluffy edging. 1973
Julanne Johnston as Princess in The Thief of BagdadJulanne Johnston (1900-1988) as the Princess (Caliphs daughter) in the Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler film, The Thief of Bagdad. 1924
Ella Hall - American silent movie actress - The Master KeyElla Hall (1897-1981) - American silent movie actress - pictured here in the Universal Pictures production The Master Key (1914). Date: 1914
Shirley Temple photographing her teddy bear on a postcardShirley Temple, American child actress (1928-2014), photographing her teddy bear on a postcard. Date: circa 1930s
Cartoon, On leave in Paris, WW1Cartoon, On leave in Paris. Two French soldiers outside a cinema are dismayed to see that all the films are about the war -- to think we came here to have fun! Date: 1917
Filming of Half a Sixpence, Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: mid-1960s
Music cover, Esther Williams in Bathing BeautyMusic cover, Italian version of a song from the MGM film, Bathing Beauty (Bellezze Al Bagno), starring Esther Williams and Red Skelton
Cartoon, Rationing for the cinema? WW1Cartoon, Rationing for the cinema? With so much rationing of food going on, a man wonders whether ration cards should also be issued for the cinema, as a crowd of people are turned away. Date: 1917
Mary Brian (1906 - 2002), American actress and movie star who made the transition from silent films to sound films
Joan BlondellRose Joan Blondell (1906 - 1979), American actress in movies and television
Lilian and Dorothy Gish American actresses and sisters - they both appeared in early silent movies
Cartoon, Old man at the cinema, WW1Cartoon, Old man at the cinema, watching a heroic war film. He turns round to the soldiers seated behind him, saying that they too have the chance to take part in such glorious scenes. 1917
Programme cover, Rialto Theatre, New York, USAProgramme cover for the Rialto Theatre, Broadway at 42nd Street, New York, USA, Director Hugo Riesenfeld, February 1922. The programme included the overture to Verdis Sicilian Vespers
Cover of Eve Magazine 29 June 1927Portrait of Lilian Harvey, British born actress and singer attaining stardom on the continent mostly in German movies Date: 1927
International Flickers Folk by SherriffsInternational Flickers Folk: A Page of Celluloid Stars. A page of caricatures of movie stars by Sherriffs which include Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, Ronald Colman, Greta Garbo
Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, USAView of Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1940s
Night view of Empress Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USANight view of the Empress Theatre and Cinema, Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1913
City Hall and Opera House, Derby, Connecticut, USACity Hall and Sterling Opera House, Elizabeth Street, Derby, Connecticut, USA, in October 1905. Date: 1905
Wallace Beery, American film actorWallace Fitzgerald Beery (1885-1949), American film actor. Date: circa 1920s
Wallace Beery, American actor, with favourite planeWallace Fitzgerald Beery (1885-1949), American actor, with his favourite plane, a Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket. Date: circa 1935
Rex Ingram, director, producer, writer and actorRex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock, 1892-1950), Irish director, producer, writer and actor. Date: 1925
William John Locke, novelist and playwrightWilliam John Locke (1863-1930), novelist and playwright. His stories include Ladies in Lavender and Stella Maris, both of which have been filmed. Date: 1925
Street scene with cinema in Kobe, JapanMinato-Gawa (Theatre Street) with the Kwansai-Ichi Asahikwan Cinema in Kobe, Japan. Posters outside the cinema depict Eileen Sedgwick in The Diamond Queen (1921). Date: circa 1921
Two film stars in Paris Plaisirs magazine: Madge Bellamy (Fox Film) and Agnes Petersen, as seen in the film Scheherazade (Alliance Cinematographique Europeene). Date: circa 1928
The Fine Art of Making a War-Film by Heath Robinson, WW1Preparing the Popular Film of a Taube soaring over Rheims Cathedral. Makeshift scenery and a camera man aloft with the help of a pulley system over a bed help to recreate a scene from the First World
Jack Pickford, film actor, with dogsJack Pickford (1896-1933), Canadian-born American actor, film director and producer, with two dogs in a studio portrait. Date: circa 1910s
Owen Nares, actor, with Yorkshire terriersOwen Nares (1888-1943), English actor, with four Yorkshire terriers. The woman with him is possibly his sister Marie. Date: 1938
Street scene in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, possibly in the Racine district. Showing a group of boys outside a cinema where a matinee is advertised, nextdoor to the Peoples Cash Market
Dolores Costello (1903 1979), American film actress, featuring in When a man loves playing Manon Lescaut. 1927