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Background imageActing Collection: Scene from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Scene from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Original Caption) 1919- Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover in a scene from Robert Wiene's "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, " 1919

Background imageActing Collection: Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera

Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera
(Original Caption) 1925-Lon Chaney is shown in "The Phantom of the Opera, " seated and playing at the organ. Movie still

Background imageActing Collection: Yul Brynner in The King and I

Yul Brynner in The King and I
Yul Brynner appears as the King of Siam in a still from the 1956 film The King and I

Background imageActing Collection: Rock Hudson in Ice Station Zebra

Rock Hudson in Ice Station Zebra
Rock Hudson is the captain of a nuclear submarine on a secret mission to a North Pole weather station in the 1958 film Ice Station Zebra

Background imageActing Collection: John Travolta's Disco Pose in Saturday Night Fever

John Travolta's Disco Pose in Saturday Night Fever
John Travolta as Tony Manero in his famous disco-dancing pose in Saturday Night Fever (1977). His dance partner is actress Karen Lynn Gorney

Background imageActing Collection: Engraving of a Scene from Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra by David Henry Friston

Engraving of a Scene from Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra by David Henry Friston
1873-Scene from Shakespeare's "Anthony and Cleopatra" at the Drury Lane Theatre. Engraving, 1873

Background imageActing Collection: Actresses and Sisters Constance and Norma Talmadge

Actresses and Sisters Constance and Norma Talmadge
(Original Caption) Constance and Norma Talmadge, stage and film actresses of early 20th century. Undated photograph

Background imageActing Collection: Movie Poster for Frankenstein Double Feature

Movie Poster for Frankenstein Double Feature

Background imageActing Collection: Movie Poster for Frankenstein Double Feature

Movie Poster for Frankenstein Double Feature
Bride of Frankenstein Movie Poster

Background imageActing Collection: Children Staging Red Cross First Aid Drill During World War I

Children Staging Red Cross First Aid Drill During World War I
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: First Aid Red Cross Drill staged by children during World War I

Background imageActing Collection: Shakespearean Actor With Arms Extended

Shakespearean Actor With Arms Extended
(Original Caption) Early actor in Shakespearean costume emoting, making gesture with arms extended. Undated photograph

Background imageActing Collection: Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland perform in a scene from the 1940 film Strike Up the Band

Background imageActing Collection: Portrait of Burt Ward in Batman

Portrait of Burt Ward in Batman
(Original Caption) Burt Ward as Robin on television series Batman

Background imageActing Collection: Cast of The Sound of Music

Cast of The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are flanked on all sides by their children, all members of the singing Von Trapp family

Background imageActing Collection: Louise Beavers and Fredi Washington in Imitation of Life

Louise Beavers and Fredi Washington in Imitation of Life
Scene from the 1934 film Imitation of Life

Background imageActing Collection: Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Ninochtka

Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Ninochtka
Ninotchka (Greta Garbo) and Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas) share a toast in the 1939 MGM production Ninotchka

Background imageActing Collection: Katharine Hepburn in Spitfire

Katharine Hepburn in Spitfire
Katharine Hepburn portrays Trigger Hicks, a country girl, in the 1934 film Spitfire

Background imageActing Collection: Katharine Hepburn in Mary of Scotland

Katharine Hepburn in Mary of Scotland
Katharine Hepburn portrays Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 1936 film Mary of Scotland

Background imageActing Collection: Dustin Hoffman & Kate Reid in Death of a Salesman

Dustin Hoffman & Kate Reid in Death of a Salesman
(Original Caption) 1985: Dustin Hoffman, as Willy Loman, enjoys a tender moment with Kate Reid in "DEATH OF A SALESMAN." Reid plays Loman's wife Linda in the production

Background imageActing Collection: Groucho Marx as Wolf J. Flywheel

Groucho Marx as Wolf J. Flywheel
(Original Caption) Mustache, glasses and cigar never fail to identify Groucho Marx, youngest member of the Marx Brothers, who completed MGM's "The Bargain Basement

Background imageActing Collection: Vaudeville Performers

Vaudeville Performers
Vaudeville actors perform a play of King Booriaboola Gha. Vaudeville shows were a variety entertainment, such as dancing, acting, and juggling

Background imageActing Collection: Henry Hebert and Alma Rubens in Week End Husbands

Henry Hebert and Alma Rubens in Week End Husbands
Actress Alma Rubens grabs Henry Hebert by the lapels in a scene from the 1924 film Week End Husbands, directed by Edward H. Griffith

Background imageActing Collection: The Mummy

The Mummy
Boris Karloff as the titular creature, The Mummy from the 1932 the Universal Pictures movie. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Background imageActing Collection: Thelma Schnee & Ethel Barrymore

Thelma Schnee & Ethel Barrymore
(Original Caption) Thelma Schnee and Ethel Barrymore in a scene from the stage production, "The Corn is Green." Undated publicity handout

Background imageActing Collection: Scene from Episode of The Jeffersons

Scene from Episode of The Jeffersons
Paul Benedict, (left) as Harry Bentley, and Sherman Hemsley, as George Jefferson, looks on in disbelief at the attention being lavished on Franklin Cover's character, Tom Willis

Background imageActing Collection: Portrait of Ethel Barrymore

Portrait of Ethel Barrymore
(Original Caption) Ethel Barrymore didn't wait for "vehicles" with tailor-made roles

Background imageActing Collection: John Gielgud in The Lady's Not for Burning

John Gielgud in The Lady's Not for Burning
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: John Gielgud in "The Lady's Not For Burning." Undated photograph

Background imageActing Collection: Frank Sinatra In 'Manchurian Candidate'

Frank Sinatra In "Manchurian Candidate"
(Original Caption) Hollywood, CA-Frank Sinatra in His Latest Dramatic Role in "The Manchurian Candidate, " Currently Filming in Hollywood for United Artists Release. 1962

Background imageActing Collection: Old Movie Still of Train Robbery

Old Movie Still of Train Robbery
A still shot from an old movie. Here a scene of a train robbery from the Old West is acted out

Background imageActing Collection: Movie Still of Frightened Couple

Movie Still of Frightened Couple
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageActing Collection: Fatty Arbuckle Getting Hand Slapped in Out West

Fatty Arbuckle Getting Hand Slapped in Out West
Fatty Arbuckle receives a punishment for his disobedience from his teacher while the other students watch in a scene from the 1918 comedy Out West

Background imageActing Collection: Ziegfeld Follies Stage Production of Salome

Ziegfeld Follies Stage Production of Salome
(Original Caption) The original Ziegfeld Follies of 1919. Salome stage production

Background imageActing Collection: Filming a Hollywood Movie

Filming a Hollywood Movie
(Original Caption) Hollywood, CA: Typical filming scene of the 1920's at Paramount Studio

Background imageActing Collection: John Barrymore on Stage as Hamlet

John Barrymore on Stage as Hamlet
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Background imageActing Collection: Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid

Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid
(Original Caption) Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in "The Kid" BPA2# 3197

Background imageActing Collection: Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik

Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik
(Original Caption) Valentino "Lives" Again. Here is Valentino as he appeared in one of his most famous roles, The Sheik, with Agnes Ayres

Background imageActing Collection: Max Schreck as Count Orlok in Nosferatu

Max Schreck as Count Orlok in Nosferatu
(Original Caption) Still from the famous 1922 German film, "Nosferatu, " prototype of future films dealing with vampires. BPA 2 #3124

Background imageActing Collection: Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand

Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand
(Original Caption) Rudolph Valentino as a bull fighter sitting on the ground, wounded, after having slain the bull. "Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand (1922), a Paramount Picture. Photograph

Background imageActing Collection: William Taylor in Captain Alvarez

William Taylor in Captain Alvarez
(Original Caption) 2/14/1922-A picturesque pose of William D

Background imageActing Collection: Seance Scene in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

Seance Scene in Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Seance scene in the German silent film Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (in English Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler) directed by Fritz Lang and starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Background imageActing Collection: Lon Chaney as Quasimodo in Hunchback of Notre Dame carrying Esmeralda

Lon Chaney as Quasimodo in Hunchback of Notre Dame carrying Esmeralda
(Original Caption) Lon Chaney in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame, " 1924

Background imageActing Collection: Actress Pearl White in Plunder

Actress Pearl White in Plunder
Actress Pearl White attacks her male counterpart in the movie Plunder (1923)

Background imageActing Collection: Buster Keaton in The Navigator

Buster Keaton in The Navigator
(Original Caption) Buster Keaton is shown in a scene from The Navigator, directed by Donald Crisp for Metro-Goldwyn in September, 1924

Background imageActing Collection: Lon Chaney as Erik, Phantom of the Opera

Lon Chaney as Erik, Phantom of the Opera
(Original Caption) 1925- Picture shows a scene fromt he movie, "The Phantom of the Opera, " starring actor, Lon Chaney

Background imageActing Collection: Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera

Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera
(Original Caption) Lon Chaney in a scene from the 1925 Universal Pictures silent, "Phantom of the Opera."

Background imageActing Collection: Charlie Chaplin and Georgia Hale in The Gold Rush

Charlie Chaplin and Georgia Hale in The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush (1925) was written and directed by Charles Chaplin

Background imageActing Collection: Gloria Swanson in The Coast of Folly

Gloria Swanson in The Coast of Folly
Gloria Swanson, holding a dog on her lap, sits in an old-fashioned car speaking to a chauffeur in the 1925 silent film the The Coast of Folly

Background imageActing Collection: Charlie Chaplin in the Shoe-Eating Scene from The Gold Rush

Charlie Chaplin in the Shoe-Eating Scene from The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush (1925) was written and directed by Charles Chaplin

Background imageActing Collection: Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush

Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin in a scene from "The Gold Rush"

Background imageActing Collection: D.W. Griffith Directing That Royal Girl

D.W. Griffith Directing That Royal Girl
(Original Caption) D.W. Griffith directs Carol Dempster in a scene from That Royal Girl a Paramount picture

Background imageActing Collection: Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino in Son of the Sheik

Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino in Son of the Sheik
(Original Caption) Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky are shown in "Son of the Sheik, " 1926. Tete a tete

Background imageActing Collection: Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino in Son of the Sheik

Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino in Son of the Sheik
(Original Caption) Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky are shown in "Son of the Shiek, " 1926. Banks is shown kneeling infront of Valentino

Background imageActing Collection: Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs

Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, director Clarence Brown, and cinematographer William H. Daniels during the filming of a scene from A Woman of Affairs (1928)

Background imageActing Collection: Comedian W. C. Fields on Carnival Podium

Comedian W. C. Fields on Carnival Podium

Background imageActing Collection: W.C. Fields in Two Flaming Youths

W.C. Fields in Two Flaming Youths
Two Flaming Youths Motion Picture, 1927

Background imageActing Collection: Lon Chaney as Vampire in London After Midnight

Lon Chaney as Vampire in London After Midnight
(Original Caption) Lon Chaney as the vampire in the 1927 MGM silent, "London After Midnight."

Background imageActing Collection: Rin Tin Tin And Rin Tin Tin Jr In Film

Rin Tin Tin And Rin Tin Tin Jr In Film
(Original Caption) 1/8/1927- Rin Tin Tin starring in the Warner Brothers production. "While London Sleeps" with Rin Tin Tin Jr

Background imageActing Collection: Final Scene in Die Dreigoschenoper

Final Scene in Die Dreigoschenoper
(Original Caption) 1928- Final scene from premier of Kurt Weill's "Three Penny Opera" in 1928. Harold Paulsen as "Mack the Knife" (on gallows)

Background imageActing Collection: William Fountaine and Nina Mae McKinney in Hallelujah

William Fountaine and Nina Mae McKinney in Hallelujah
(Original Caption) Nina May McKenney and Bill Fountaine in the dramatic episode in her apartment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1929 all negro production of Hallelujah. Undated movie still

Background imageActing Collection: Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story

Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story
(Original Caption) Katharine Hepburn in the stage version of "The Philadelphia Story." Photograph, 1930's

Background imageActing Collection: Humphrey Bogart Punching Another Actor

Humphrey Bogart Punching Another Actor
(Original Caption) Humphrey Bogart, the actor, punching a man and knocking him backward. This has the appearance of scene from a movie, but it is uncertain. Undated photograph

Background imageActing Collection: Laboratory Scene from Frankenstein

Laboratory Scene from Frankenstein
Edward Van Sloan as Dr. Waldman, Colin Clive as Dr

Background imageActing Collection: Boris Karloff in Frankenstein

Boris Karloff in Frankenstein
(Original Caption) Boris Karloff as the monster in the laboratory. Scene from "Frankenstein." Movie still

Background imageActing Collection: Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in Dracula

Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in Dracula
Bela Lugosi, as Dracula, about to claim a beautiful victim in a scene from the famous movie

Background imageActing Collection: Frankenstein Movie Still

Frankenstein Movie Still
(Original Caption) Boris Karloff, Colin Clive and Dwight Frye in a scene from the 1931 Universal Pictures production of Frankenstein

Background imageActing Collection: Helen Chandler and Bela Lugosi in Dracula

Helen Chandler and Bela Lugosi in Dracula
(Original Caption) Dracula (Bela Lugosi) has his sights on Mena Seward (Helen Chandler), in this scene from Universal Pictures 1931 rendition of the horror classic

Background imageActing Collection: Bela Lugosi in the 1931 Film Dracula

Bela Lugosi in the 1931 Film Dracula
(Original Caption) Bela Lugosi is shown in this still publicizing the 1931 Universal Studios film, Dracula

Background imageActing Collection: Bela Lugosi in the 1931 Film Dracula

Bela Lugosi in the 1931 Film Dracula
(Original Caption) Bela Lugosi is shown in this still publicizing the 1931 Universal Studios film, Dracula

Background imageActing Collection: Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster
(Original Caption) 1930-Boris Karloff as Frankenstein. Dungeon scene

Background imageActing Collection: Dr. Frankenstein Bringing the Monster to Life

Dr. Frankenstein Bringing the Monster to Life
Colin Clive, as Dr. Frankenstein, and Dwight Frye, as his assistant Fritz, prepare to bring their monster to life in a scene from the 1931 movie version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Background imageActing Collection: Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward in Private Lives

Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward in Private Lives
(Original Caption) Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward hamming it up at the piano in a scene from the play, "Private Lives." Photograph, 1931. BPA2# 5008

Background imageActing Collection: James Cagney and Edward Woods in The Public Enemy

James Cagney and Edward Woods in The Public Enemy
Bootlegger Tom Powers (James Cagney) and his pal Matt Doyle (Edward Woods) fire their guns from behind a garbage can in a scene from the 1931 gangster classic The Public Enemy

Background imageActing Collection: Lab Scene in Frankenstein Starring Coling Clive and Dwight Frye

Lab Scene in Frankenstein Starring Coling Clive and Dwight Frye
(Original Caption) Laboratory scene from "Frankenstein, " starring Boris Karloff as the monster. Undated movie still. BPA2# 3026

Background imageActing Collection: Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in Dracula

Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in Dracula
(Original Caption) : Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in "Dracula", 1931, movie directed by Tod Browning for Universal

Background imageActing Collection: Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in Dracula

Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler in Dracula
(Original Caption) Bela Lugosi, as Dracula, about to claim a beautiful victim in a scene from the famous movie

Background imageActing Collection: Boris Karloff Menacing Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House

Boris Karloff Menacing Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House
(Original Caption) Movie still from the film "The Old Dark House" shows Boris Karloff in monster make-up, with his hand on Gloria Stewart's face. Released in 1932

Background imageActing Collection: Bela Lugosi in Chandu the Magician

Bela Lugosi in Chandu the Magician
Actor Bela Lugosi plays megalomaniac Roxor in the film Chandu the Magician

Background imageActing Collection: Paul Muni in Scarface

Paul Muni in Scarface
Paul Muni as Tony Camonte (C), Vince Barnett as Angelo (L) and George Raft as Guino Rinaldo (R) in the 1932 gangster film Scarface

Background imageActing Collection: Scene from The Music Box

Scene from The Music Box
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a scene from the 1932 MGM short film, The Music Box

Background imageActing Collection: Frederic March at Window in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Frederic March at Window in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Original Caption) The monster, Mr. Hyde as played by Fredric March in the movie, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Undated movie still. BPA2# 3908

Background imageActing Collection: John Wayne in Scene from The Big Stampede

John Wayne in Scene from The Big Stampede
(Original Caption) Scene from the film "The Big Stampede, " starring John Wayne. This scene shows Wayne's character, John Steele, holding Sam Crew (played by Noah Beery) at gunpoint

Background imageActing Collection: Claude Rains as the Invisible Man

Claude Rains as the Invisible Man
(Original Caption) 1933- Claude Rains stars in the H.G. Wells classic thriller, "The Invisible Man."

Background imageActing Collection: W.C. Fields in International House

W.C. Fields in International House
(Original Caption) W. C. Fields signing a guest register in a movie still from International House, 1933

Background imageActing Collection: James Cagney and Mary Brian in Hard to Handle

James Cagney and Mary Brian in Hard to Handle
(Original Caption) James Cagney and Mary Brian in a scene from the 1933 Warner Brothers film, Hard to Handle. Undated movie still



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