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Classic Portraits Collection

European and American Movie Star Portraits from the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Choose from 386 items in our Classic Portraits Collection

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Classic Portraits Collection: Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Chico Marx, Ann Miller, and Groucho Marx in William Seiters Room Service
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Classic Portraits Collection: Belle Chrystall and Niall MacGinnis in Michael Powells The Edge of the World (1938)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in James W Hornes Beau Hunks (1931)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Alfred Gouldings A Chump at Oxford (1939)
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Classic Portraits Collection: James Cagney in Michael Curtizs Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Lon Chaney in George Waggners The Wolf Man (1941)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Mark Sandrichs The Gay Divorcee (1934)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Irene Dunne and Cary Grant in Leo McCareys The Awful Truth (1937)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Buster Keaton in The Navigator (1924)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Clark Gable and Constance Bennett in Robert Z Leonards After Office Hours (1935)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Howard Hawks Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Lon Chaney in Rupert Julians The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Cary Grant in George Cukors The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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Classic Portraits Collection: 1920s Portrait of Barbara La Marr
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Classic Portraits Collection: Mae West in Lowell Shermans She Done Him Wrong (1933)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Bette Davis in Alfred E Greens Dangerous (1936)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Mae West in Leo McCareys Belle of the Nineties (1934)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Harpo Marx in Leo McCareys Duck Soup (1933)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Elsa Lanchester in James Whales Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Gladys Sylvani photgraphed sometime between 1911 and 1913
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Classic Portraits Collection: Dorothy Gish in Herbert Wilcoxs Madame Pompadour (1927)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Ginger Rogers and James Stewart in George Stevens Vivacious Lady (1938)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in Frank Borzages A Farewell to Arms (1932)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternbergs The Blue Angel (1930)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Tom Drake and Judy Garland in Vincente Minnellis Meet Me In St Louis (1944)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Lili Damita in Michael Curtizs Das Spielzeug von Paris (Red Heels) (1925)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Jack Conways Saratoga (1937)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Charles Farrell and Barbara Greene in Lothar Mendes Moonlight Sonata (1937)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Bette Davis in William Wylers Jezebel (1938)
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Classic Portraits Collection: George Brent and Bette Davis in Edmund Gouldings Dark Victory (1939)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Rosalind Russell in George Cukors The Women (1939)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Victor Flemings Gone With The Wid (1939)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Bette Davis in Michael Curtizs The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in Frank Borzages Street Angel (1928)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in Frank Borzages Street Angel (1928)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in James Parrotts Night Owls (1930)
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Classic Portraits Collection: John Wayne and Marguerite Churchill in Raoul Walshs The Big Trail (1930)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Dancers in Lloyd Bacons Footlight Parade (1933)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Chico Marx and Harpo Marx in Sam Woods A Day at the Races (1937)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Boris Karloff in James Whales Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Ginger Rogers in Mervyn LeRoys The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Leslie Howard in Anthony Asquiths Pygmalion (1938)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Greta Garbo in George Fitzmaurices Mata Hari (1931)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in George Cukors Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley in Victor Flemings The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
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Classic Portraits Collection: Elsa Lanchester in James Whales Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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