Classic Comedy & Entertainment

Iconic scenes from classic silent films and comedies featuring notable actors in comedic situations and theatrical performances.

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OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (1932), directed by GEORGE MARSHALL.

Anefo photo collection. Tom (Dorus) Manders and his gabbers for television i.v.m. Five years of Eurovision, Dorus and Gabbers play a "tigriag", v.l.n.r. Marius Monkau (washboard), $. June 5, 1959

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01/19/1917. At the Martin Theater. A scene from Sainete "the colossus of Rhodes", Premiered last night.

Columbia presents Alec Guinness in G.K. Chesterton's "Father Brown, Detective" adapted by Thelma Schnee co-starring Joan Greenwood and Peter Finch with Cecil Parket as 'The Bishop' and Bernard Lee, Sidney James, Gerard Oury, Ernest Thesiger, Screenplay by Thelma Schnee and Robert Hamer, Executive Producer: Paul Finder Moss, Produced by Vivian A.Cox, Directed by Robert Hamer a Facet Production. February 26, 1955. (Photo by Columbia Pictures).

Buster Keaton, The General, 1927 directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman (United Artists)

CULPABLE (1960), directed by HUGO DEL CARRIL.

ALASKA (1944), directed by GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD.

Anefo photo collection. Television game "skipper next to God", v.l.n.r. J. Snoek (pastor), H. de GRARDE (Henkie), R. de Vries (J. Kuiper), P. van de Meulen (Meyer). January 25, 1961

William Holden (left, with children), Frederic Tozere, on-set of the Film, "Father is a Bachelor", Columbia Pictures, 1950

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in AIR RAID WARDENS (1943), directed by EDWARD SEDGWICK.

William Bendix, Craig Hill, Cathy O'Donnell, on-set of the Film, "Detective Story", Paramount Pictures, 1951

Anefo photo collection. "T is different" at Herman Bouber. December 12, 1949

PAUL NEWMAN in THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

SPENCER TRACY in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955), directed by JOHN STURGES.

Innovative communication

Anefo photo collection. 35 Repro's topical film truth knows no limits. November 3, 1949

Johnny Sands, Steve Brodie, Richard Erdman, Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, on-set of the Film, "The Admiral was a Lady", United Artists, 1950

AL HOLLYWOOD MADRILEÑO (1927), directed by NEMESIO M. SOBREVILA.

Alice Lake Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Buster Keaton "Coney Island", 1917

JOAN FONTAINE and LOUIS HAYWARD in THE DUKE OF WEST POINT (1938), directed by ALFRED E. GREEN.

SAL MINEO in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955), directed by NICHOLAS RAY.

Anefo photo collection. 35 Repro's topical film truth knows no limits. November 3, 1949

KARL MALDEN and MONTGOMERY CLIFT in I CONFESS (1953), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

HAROLD LLOYD.

Dan Dailey, Constance Smith, on-set of the Film, "Taxi", 20th Century-Fox, 1953

ANTONIO OZORES in CERCA DE LA CIUDAD (1952).

MILDRED DAVIS in SAFETY LAST (1923), directed by FRED NEWMEYER.

JANE RUSSELL in MACAO (1952), directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG.

JOHN WAYNE and JOHN QUALEN in THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (1940), directed by JOHN FORD.

Anefo photo collection. Dam Amsterdam Street organ game. October 2, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

09/28/1922. Madrid - in the comedy theater a scene from the Play, Adapted from the French by Enrique García Belloso, "Avelino Perdiguero".

Jackie Coogan (left), Jackie Cooper (right), on-set of the Film, "French Leave", Monogram Pictures, 1948

10/08/1911. Last night's premiere at the Comic Theater. - Loreto Prado and Enrique Chicote in a scene from "The Barefoot Altar Boy".

Dany Robin, Serge Reggiani, on-set of the Film, "Act of Love", United, Artists, 1953

12/31/1934. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in one of their films.

THE SHAME OF MARY BOYLE (1930) -Original title: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK-, directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

The set in the background as erected for D.W. Griffith's masterpiece "Intolorance." Soon after his arrival in Hollywood in 1915 Douglas Senior introduced his won to his first Indian, Eagle Eye (name should not be mentioned in British edition due to possibility of libel in the text), who is shown here with cow hands and horse wranglers invited for the Occasion. February 9, 1955. (Photo by Triangle Studios Picture).

MARIE GLORY in LE PAQUEBOT TENACITY (1934), directed by JULIEN DUVIVIER.

Dancing in the 1940s. A young couple at the theatre dancing together in their stage costumes. Photo Sweden 1940s

SAM LEVENE and DANA ANDREWS in BOOMERANG (1947), directed by ELIA KAZAN.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE FATAL MALLET (1914), directed by MACK SENNETT.

PAUL NEWMAN, ROBERT REDFORD and KATHERINE ROSS in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969), directed by GEORGE ROY HILL.

SHELLEY WINTERS in BLOODY MAMA (1970), directed by ROGER CORMAN.

Anefo photo collection. Rudi Carrell television show; The Mountries (left Piet Bambergen, right Fred Plevier). January 12, 1962

Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, on-set of the Film, "Those Magnificent Men In Those Flying Machines", 20th Century-Fox, 1965

LOUIS JOURDAN, MAURICE CHEVALIER and LESLIE CARON in GIGI (1958), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND and RICHARD LONG in THE DARK MIRROR (1946), directed by ROBERT SIODMAK.

Anefo photo collection. Scenes from the film "together". March 22, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Ring Sign Championships in Horn in the context of the "Horse Day", one of the participants promotion. July 17, 1981. Hoorn, Noord-Holland

Stage performers getting ready for performance (EV007600_H)

Anefo photo collection. Jubilee performance AAF and Herman Bouber 'sailors' women. Scene from the play. November 24, 1955. Amsterdam

LA BANQUE NEMO (1934), directed by MARGUERITE VIEL.

HUMPHREY BOGART in THE BIG SLEEP (1946), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in MAKING A LIVING (1914).

Amber's $100,000 Kiss - It will run only 10 seconds on the screen, but this kiss was Hollywood's most costly and premeditated of the year. Kissing are Linda Darcell and Cornell Wilde, stars of "Forever Amber." Upper left, Director Otto Preminger shows Wilde how it's done; upper right. Preminger arranges head for proper camera angle: Cower left, assistant cameraman measures camera distance while special effects man pumps "Fog" into background; lower right, lips touch perfectly on the 58th attempt, ending a scene that cost the studio an estimated $100,000. November 29, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE TRAMP (1915), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

CANTINFLAS and FERNANDO SOTO in NEITHER BLOOD NOR SAND (1941) -Original title: NI SANGRE, NI ARENA-, directed by ALEJANDRO GALINDO.

JOSE ISBERT and ANGEL ALVAREZ in THE LITTLE COACH (1960) -Original title: EL COCHECITO-, directed by MARCO FERRERI.

GEORGE SANDERS, JOEL MCCREA, HERBERT MARSHALL and LARAINE DAY in PERSONAL HISTORY (1940) -Original title: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-, directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

MARION DAVIES and LAWRENCE GRAY in THE FLORODORA GIRL (1930), directed by HARRY BEAUMONT.

BUSTER KEATON in SHERLOCK, JR. (1924), directed by BUSTER KEATON and ROSCOE "FATTY" ARBUCKLE.

Anefo photo collection. Film "Rififi in Amsterdam" (Director: Giovanni Korporaal); Anton Geesink (as a detective) and Johan card (Commissioner Van Houthem). April 9, 1962

BEN JOHNSON, WARREN OATES and HARRY DEAN STANTON in DILLINGER (1973), directed by JOHN MILIUS.

OLIVER HARDY, STAN LAUREL and JAMES FINLAYSON in BIG BUSINESS (1929), directed by JAMES W. HORNE.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment the free people, lions in Circus Boltini. August 22, 1959

ERNEST BORGNINE and SPENCER TRACY in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955), directed by JOHN STURGES.

La ciudad no es para mi (The city is not for me),1965. Spanish film directed by Peter Lazaga. Frame with Paco Martinez Soria and Manolo Gomez Bur.

Film still from 'The French Line' starring Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Mary McCarty, and Arthur Hunnicutt.

MARION DAVIES in THE PATSY (1928), directed by KING VIDOR.

Hana Slivkova, Josef Kroner, on-set of the Czech Film, "The Shop On Main Street", Czech/Slovak: Obchod na korze, Barrandov Studios, 1965

EDWARD G. ROBINSON, KEVIN MCCARTHY and CONNIE RUSSELL in NIGHTMARE (1956), directed by MAXWELL SHANE.

MICKY in MEGATON YE-YE (1965), directed by JESUS YAGÜE.

CLAUDE RAINS and UNA O'CONNOR in THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933), directed by JAMES WHALE.

When he has a free evening he relaxes with his violin. December 01, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Recording W. PARFILM PAUSE director Gerard Rutten. November 25, 1954

BORIS KARLOFF in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939), directed by ROWLAND V. LEE.

MAURICE CHEVALIER and ANN SOTHERN in FOLIES-BERGERE DE PARIS (1935).

Film still from 'Here Come the Waves' starring Bing Crosby, Sonny Tufts, Betty Hutton, and Ann Doran.

MIA FARROW and WOODY ALLEN in ZELIG (1983), directed by WOODY ALLEN.

JEAN ARTHUR and HELEN BURGESS in THE PLAINSMAN (1936), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE and SAM MCDANIEL in POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1936), directed by IRVING CUMMINGS.

Anefo photo collection. "Stars radiate" Revue with Tanz everywhere. November 6, 1952

Man looking into a nickelodeon film machine (EV006645_H)

ALAN LADD and JUNE ALLYSON in THE MCCONNELL STORY (1955), directed by GORDON DOUGLAS.

Anefo photo collection. Tour de United Nations. The caravan between Arnhem and Wageningen. Joop Zuchowski busy inflating his band. Gedlitridrager /. July 29, 1963. Arnhem, Wageningen

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE KID (1921), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in THE FINISHING TOUCH (1928), directed by CLYDE BRUCKMAN.

Sidney Factor. August 30, 1946.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in THE BANK (1915), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

Anefo photo collection. Rudy Carrellshow. November 16, 1962

BUSTER KEATON and SALLY O'NEIL in BATTLING BUTLER (1926), directed by BUSTER KEATON.

OLIVER HARDY and STAN LAUREL in LIBERTY (1929), directed by LEO MCCAREY.

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