Magic Splendour

Proper Old Films

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The Black Room (1935) R-1955

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"Kiss him and die!" bit harsh. Boris Karloff plays a pair of twins and, of course, one is all bad and the other is good. Entertaining.

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George Sanders with, then wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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Peter Lorre with the cats from Mask of Dimitrios.

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Nice magazine shot of Musidora.

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George Sanders in a wonderfully deco era shot.

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Folly of Vanity (1924) with Billie Dove and Jack Mulhall.

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Jaque Catelain and Nathalie Kovanko silent film actors in 1920s France.

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Conrad Veidt = pure class.

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Bette Davis just before going off to do some plotting or snog Anthony Steel, probably. 

From ‘Another Man’s Poison’ (1952)

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Boris Karloff in ‘Lured’.

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Vincent Price and George Sanders did a few films together including one where they played brothers.

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Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express (Dir. Josef von Sternberg, 1932). Source

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Another nice shot.

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MARLENE DIETRICH in DISHONORED (1931) dir. Josef von Sternberg

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All too lovely for the eyes to see!

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George Sanders and Angela Lansbury in ‘Lured’.

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Conrad Veidt on a sofa. Another winner from Ross Verlag

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Conrad Veidt in Opium (1919) dir. Robert Reinert

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I have a terrible Nth generation wonky video taped copy of this. It's tinted in a lurid shade of green for extra eye pain. Time for an upgrade!

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Conrad Veidt posing for a bust sculpture.