
Anny Ondra in Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock, 1929) / src: IMDb
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Anny Ondra in Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock, 1929) / src: IMDb

Alfred Hitchcock, John Longden, and Anny Ondra in Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock, 1929). Generally acknowledged as the first British talkie. / src: IMDb

Marlene Dietrich in Rouben Mamoulian’s pre-code romantic drama The Song of Songs (Paramount Pictures, 1933).
Cinematography by Victor Milner.
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Film still from Der Fürst von Pappenheim (The Masked Mannequin), Germany, 1927.
I didn’t want to accept my wretched role. But now it’s too damn lonely. We try out attitudes and find them all worthless. The forces are all too strong. The forces… the horrible forces. You need to watch your step among all the ghosts and memories.
Tystnaden (The Silence), Ingmar Bergman, 1963.
