Leni Riefenstahl in Das blaue Licht

Leni Riefenstahl in Das blaue Licht – Eine Berglegende aus den Dolomiten (La lumière bleue, The Blue Light), 1932. Regie: Leni Riefenstahl und Béla Balázs. Uncredited set photographer. | src Ader

Psycho, 1960

Bud Fraker (attributed to) :: Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin in Psycho, 1960, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Gelatin silver print. © Berlin, Deutsche Kinemathek ~ Paramount Pictures | src ArtBlart (Marcus Bunyan)

Ballgown for “Forbidden Fruit”

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: [Actress in ballgown, “Forbidden Fruit”], 1920. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Bebe Daniels in elaborate robe, 1921

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Bebe Daniels in elaborate robe, 1921 [production still from the movie “Affairs of Anatol”], 1921. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Dorothy Dalton in hat, 1920

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: [Dorothy Dalton in hat, “Fool’s Paradise”]; 1920. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Karl Struss Collection

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warner Brothers, 1935), directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. Photographer: Hans Fred Konekamp. Still photographer: Mickey Marigold. | src Cleveland State University

Oberon’s Fairy Kingdom (1935)

Oberon’s Fairy Kingdom (The Nijinska Ballet). A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warner Brothers, 1935), directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. Photographer: Hans Fred Konekamp. Still photographer: Mickey Marigold. | src Cleveland State University

“We are spirits of another sort”

Victor Jory as Oberon: “We are spirits of another sort.” (III.ii.388)
Oberon, King of the Fairies, rules the Fairy Kingdom. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warner Brothers, 1935), directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. Photographer: Hans Fred Konekamp. Still photographer: Mickey Marigold. | src Cleveland State University

Menschen vom Varieté, 1939

La Jana in a dancing pose. Scene from the movie ‘Menschen vom Varieté‘ directed by Hungarian director Josef von Báky, Germany – Hungary, 1939. Film Production: Hunnia Filmgyár and Pictura Film. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Sumurun (Ernst Lubitsch, 1920)

Paul Wegener and Pola Negri (as Yannaia, a dancer) in Sumurun (aka One Arabian Night, Ernst Lubitsch, 1920). German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin. Photo: Union Film. Publicity still for the film. | src Truus, Bob & Jan too