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Iris Lancaster, actress, c1938. Iris Lancaster (1915-) appeared in 11 films between 1933 and 1944. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company
Iris Adrian, American film actress, c1938. After winning a beauty pageant, Iris Adrian (1912-1994) appeared with the Ziegfeld Follies before beginning her film career, initially in silent pictures
Alice Faye, American actress and singer, c1938. Born Alice Jeane Leppert, Alice Faye (1915-1998) was a leading Hollywood star in the late 1930s and early 1940s until a dispute with her studio
Lois Wilde, American actress, c1938. Lois Wilde (1907-1995) appeared mainly in Western and action B-movies. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series
Anya Taranda, American model, showgirl and actress, c1938. Anya Taranda (1915-1970) was the wife of the famous songwriter Harold Arlen
Margaret Sullavan, American stage and film actress, c1938. Margaret Sullavan (1909-1960) was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Three Comrades (1938)
Arthur Lucan, British actor, c1915s-c1935(?). Artist: Tuck and SonsArthur Lucan, British actor, c1915s-c1935(?). Lucan (1885-1954) as Old Mother Riley, the role that gained him fame on stage, radio and screen from the 1910s until the 1950s
Pearl White, American actress and film star, c1910. Artist: PathePearl White, American actress and film star, c1910. Pearl White (1889-1938) was known as The Stunt Queen of silent films. She is best remembered for starring in The Perils of Pauline (1914)
American actor and film director Douglas Fairbanks, Sr on board HMS Malaya, Venice, Italy 1938. Fairbanks (1883-1939) on board the battleship during its visit to the city
Photographic gun designed by Etienne Jules Marey, 1882 (1956). Marey (1830-1904) was a French physiologist who pioneered the use of photography to record and analyse movement
Louis Lumiere, French photographer and cinematographer, 1937. In collaboration with his brother Auguste, Louis Lumiere (1864-1948) was a pioneer of cinematography
Etienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and pioneer of cinematography, 1901. Marey (1830-1904) was a French physiologist who pioneered the use of photography to record and analyse movement
Andre Antoine, French actor, theatre manager and film director, 1935. Antoine (1858-1943) is regarded as the inventor of modern mise en scene in France
Milton Sills (1882-1930), American actor, 20th century
Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934), American actress, 20th century
Norma Shearer (1902-1983), Canadian-born American actress, 20th century. Shearer was dubbed the First Lady of the Screen and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar on six occasions
Ramon Novarro (1899-1968), Mexican actor, 20th century. Novarro achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films
John Stuart (1898-1979), Scottish actor, 20th century. Stuart, a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s, appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Dorothy Mackaill (1903-1990), English-born American actress, 20th century
Emil Jannings (1884-1950), Swiss actor, 20th century. Jannings was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor, which he won for his performances in The Way of All Flesh
James Hall (1900-1940), American actor, 20th century
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
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
Charles Rogers (1904-1999), American actor and jazz musician, 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)
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
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
Advert for Bell & Howell personal movie cameras and projectors, 1920s
Paul Henreid (1908-1992), Austrian-born American actor and director, c1940s
