Tag: film still, publicity still

Mädchen in Uniform · 1958

Manuela von Meinhardis (Romy Schneider) genießt die Ruhe beim Angeln mit ihrer Klassenkameradin Johanna (Paulette Dubost). Ein seltener Spaß abseits vom strengen Mädchenstift (1958) | src getty images

Manuela von Meinhardis (Romy Schneider) enjoys the peace and quietness while fishing with her classmate Johanna (Paulette Dubost). A rare fun away from the strict girls’ school. Scene from Mädchen in Uniform, directed by Geza von Radvanyi (Germany / France, 1958). Produced by: Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Romy Schneider with Lilly Palmer. Scene from the movie ‘Mädchen in Uniform’; directed by Geza von Radvanyi (Germany / France, 1958). Produced by Central Cinema Company Film | src getty images
Romy Schneider with Lilly Palmer. Scene from the movie ‘Mädchen in Uniform’; directed by Geza von Radvanyi (Germany / France, 1958). Produced by Central Cinema Company Film | src getty images

A Gothic visual dialogue

Film still from The Sorrows of Satan (D.W. Griffith, 1926), starring Adolphe Menjou, Carol Dempster, Ricardo Cortez and Lya de Putti
The screenplay was based on the Victorian gothic novel by Marie Corelli (1895)

Watch the film on YouTube ~ link to this scene : here

Nevertheless, our favorite scene takes place a few minutes before during the night in Geoffrey’s ominous mansion. Geoffrey’s wife, an exotic Russian princess in exile (Lya de Putti) confess Prince Lucio that she married Geoffrey only to be near him (Satan). Geoffrey awakens and creeps down the stairs to find his wife throwing herself at Lucio’s feet. It’s a suspenseful sequence with shadowy shots of the mansion that looks menacing. Link to scene

Read the novel on Project Gutenberg : The Sorrows of Satan or, The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire, A Romance : eBook

Cover design for Bela Lugosi’s Dead, the first single by the English post-punk band Bauhaus, released on 6 August 1979
It is often considered the first gothic rock record

Listen to «Bela Lugosi’s Dead» on Bauhaus Official YouTube channel

Gina Manès in Cœur fidèle

Gina Manès in the French silent film Coeur fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923) | The Daily Illini ~ University of Illinois
Gina Manès in the French silent film Cœur fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
French silent film Cœur fidèle aka The Faithful Heart aka True Heart (Jean Epstein, 1923)
Gina Manès in the French silent film Cœur fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
Gina Manès in the French silent film Cœur fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
French silent film Cœur fidèle aka The Faithful Heart aka True Heart (Jean Epstein, 1923) | silent films on blu-ray

Napierkowska in Les Vampires

Stacia Napierkowska in «Les vampires» Episode 2: The Ring that Kills (dir. Louis Feuillade, 1915-1916). Pathé Frères. | src IMdB
https://youtube.com/watch?v=n9zR_XJghWY%3Fclip%3DUgkx3I22fYvYl85A8bjvzYocZY-QnZjlqykS%26clipt%3DEI2LEhjt3xU
if this link in some time in the future happens to be broken, an alternative version of this wonderful sequence is hosted here

La danseuse (Entr’acte, 1924)

Entr’acte. An “instantaneous” film. Rolf de Maré’s Ballets Suédois have just produced the film Entr’acte which will be screened during the ballet Relâche by Francis Picabia, music by Erik Satie and choreography by Jean Börlin, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The script of the film is by Francis Picabia, the technical production of René Clair. The performance brings together the names of Jean Börlin and Inge Frïss from the Swedish Ballets, Marcel Duchamp and Man-Ray. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, November 1924.
Entr’acte. Un film “instantanéiste”. Les Ballets Suédois de Rolf de Maré viennent de produire un film Entr’acte qui sera projeté au cours du ballet Relâche de Francis Picabia, musique d’Erik Satie et chorégraphie de Jean Börlin, au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Le scénario du film est de Francis Picabia, la réalisation technique de René Clair. L’interprétation réunit les noms de Jean Börlin et de Inge Frïss des Ballets Suédois, de Marcel Duchamp, Man-Ray. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Nov. 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
La danseuse (Entr’acte), René Clair, 1924. | src Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne – RMN

«Soleil et ombre», 1922

Musidora in «Soleil et ombre», dir. Jacques Lasseyne et Musidora. France, 1922. 43 min. D’après la nouvelle L’Espagnole de Maria Star. | src La Cinématèque Française
Musidora in «Soleil et ombre», dir. Jacques Lasseyne et Musidora. France, 1922. 43 min. D’après la nouvelle L’Espagnole de Maria Star. | src La Cinématèque Française
Musidora in «Soleil et ombre», dir. Jacques Lasseyne et Musidora. France, 1922. 43 min. D’après la nouvelle L’Espagnole de Maria Star. | src La Cinématèque Française
Musidora in «Soleil et ombre», dir. Jacques Lasseyne et Musidora. France, 1922. 43 min. D’après la nouvelle L’Espagnole de Maria Star. | src La Cinématèque Française

Blonde Venus, 1932

Marlene Dietrich. French postcard by EDUG, nº 1073. Photo by Paramount. Publicity still for Blonde Venus (Josef von Sternberg, 1932) | src Truus, Bob and Jan