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Josephine Dunn (1906-1983), American actress, 20th century. Dunn starred in a total of twenty-three silent films before making the successful transition to sound
Janet Gaynor (1906-1984) and Charles Farrell (1901-1990), American actors, 20th century. Gaynor and Farrell played the romantic couple in more than a dozen films including Seventh Heaven (1927)
Janet Gaynor (1906-1984), American actress, 20th century. One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for
Marie Dressler (1868-1934), Canadian actress, 20th century. Dressler won the 1931 Best Actress Oscar for her role in Min and Bill
Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), German-born American actress, singer and entertainer, 20th century. The Academy Award-nominated Dietrich was voted the nint-greatest female star of all time by
Jackie Cooper (b1922), American actor, 20th century. Cooper is an American Academy Award-nominated actor, Emmy Award-winning TV director and TV producer and executive
Ruth Chatterton (1893-1961), American actress, 20th century. Chattertons film debut was Sins of the Fathers (1928). She received two Academy Award nominatrions for Madame X (1929)
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), English / American actor and commedian, 1928Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), English/American actor and commedian, 1928. Seen here in a scene from The Circus. Chaplin was an Academy Award-winning actor and director
Jackie Coogan (1914-1984), American actor, 20th century. As a child actor, Coogan is best remembered for his role in Charlie Chaplins classic The Kid (1921)
Lon Chaney (1883-1930), American actor, 20th century. Chaney, nicknamed The Man of a Thousand Faces, was an American actor during the age of silent films
Sue Carol (1906-1982), Amerian actress, 20th century. Carol acted in films from 1927 to 1937, after which she established a talent agency. In 1942 she married the Hollwood film star Alan Ladd
Joan Crawford (1905-1977), American actress, 20th century. Crawford was an Academy Award-winning actress who, in 1999, was named the tenth Greatest Female Star of All Time by the American Film
Nancy Carroll (1903-1965), American actress, 20th century. Carroll became a successful talkies actress because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s
John Boles (1895-1969), American actor, 20th century. Boles started out in Hollywood in the silent movie era, but became a huge star with the advent of sound
Clive Brook (1887-1974), English actor, 20th century
Evelyn Brent (1899-1975), American actress, 20th century
Joan Bennett (1910-1990). American actress, 20th century. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies through half a century of
Charles Rogers (1904-1999), American actor and jazz musician, 20th century
Constance Bennett (1904-1965), American actress, 20th century. Often described as the most beautiful of the Bennett sisters with her blonde hair and blue eyes
Jack Buchanan (1891-1957) and Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965), actors, 20th century
Lew Ayres (1908-1996), American actor, 20th century
George Arliss (1868-1946), English actor, 20th century. Arliss was the first British actor to win an Academy Award, which he did for Disraeli (1930)
Claude Allister (1888-1970), English actor, 20th century. Alllister appeared in 74 films between 1929 and 1955
George Bancroft (1882-1956), American actor, 20th century
Elizabeth Allan (1908-1990), English actress, 20th century. Artist: StanboroughElizabeth Allan (1908-1990), English actress, 20th century. Allan was the mother of Bewitched star, Elizabeth Montgomery
Brian Aherne (1902-1986), English actor, 20th century. Aherne was an Oscar-nominated stage and screen actor who was one of the top cinema character actors in the 1930s, 40s and 50s
Clark Gable, American actor, 20th century. Known as the King of Hollywood Gable was the biggest box office star of the early sound film era
Clark Gable, American actor, c1942-1945. Known as the King of Hollywood Gable was the biggest box office star of the early sound film era
James Garner, American film and television actor, 20th century. Artist: Warner BrothersJames Garner, American film and television actor, 20th century. Garner appeared in numerous Hollywood films, but is best remembered for his television roles
Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer, 20th century. One of the biggest stars of Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and 1950s
Gary Cooper, American film actor, 20th century. Cooper won two Best Actor Academy Awards for his performances in Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952)
Anne Baxter, American actress, 20th century. Artist: 20th Century FoxAnne Baxter, American actress, 20th century. Anne Baxters movie career spanned 40 years, beginning in 1940. In 1946 she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Razors Edge
Loretta Young, American actress, c1930s(?). Throughout the 1930s, Loretta Young appeared in as many as seven or eight films a year
Claire Bloom, English film, stage and television actress, c1947-1955(?)Claire Bloom, English film and stage and television actress, c1947-1955(?). Claire Bloom made her London stage debut in 1947 when just 16 years old
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born American film and television actress, 1940s. Artist: Paramount PicturesYvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born American film and television actress, 1940s. Yvonne De Carlo made her screen actin debut in 1941. She played Moses wife Sephora in The Ten Commandments in 1956
Linda Darnell, American film actress, 20th century. Linda Darnell was a film star of the 1940s. Her best known performance came in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
James Arness, American actor, 20th century. Arness is best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon in the popular and long-running television series Gunsmoke
Jane Wyman, American actress, 20th century. Artist: Paramount PicturesJane Wyman, American actress, 20th century. Jane Wyman made numerous films in the 1940s and 1950s, notably Johnny Belinda (1948), for which she won an Oscar, and Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Tony Curtis, American film actor, 20th century. Artist: Universal StudiosTony Curtis, American film actor, 20th century. Curtis made his screen debut in 1948 in Criss Cross. His career reached its peak in the late 1950s when he starred in films such as The Defiant Ones
Joan Bennett, American actress, c1932-1933. Artist: Fox FilmsJoan Bennett, American actress, c1932-1933. Joan Bennett appeared in over 50 films in the 1930s and 1940s
Cary Grant, British-born American actor, c1931-1936. Artist: Paramount PicturesCary Grant, British-born American actor, c1931-1936. Born Archibald Alexander Leach, Cary Grant emigrated to the United States in 1920
Robert Young, American actor, 20th century. Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-MayerRobert Young, American actor, 20th century. Between 1931 and 1952, Young appeared in over 100 films made by MGM, many of them B movies
Claudette Colbert, French-born American stage and film actress, c1928-1940. Artist: Paramount PicturesClaudette Colbert, French-born American stage and film actress, c1928-1940. A star equally adept at romantic comedy and dramatic roles
Ronald Reagan, American actor, film star and politician, 20th century. After his acting career, Reagan went on to serve as Governor of California and, from 1981-1989
Roger Moore, British actor, 20th century. Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-MayerRoger Moore, British actor, 20th century. Roger Moore is best known for his portrayals of Simon Templar in the 1960s TV series The Saint, and James Bond, who he played in 7 films between 1973 and 1985
Advert for the Pathe Babycine film projector, 1926. A print from The Queen, 1926
Advert for the Pathescope Home Cinema, 1928. A print from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 1928
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987), American actress, c1940s