Katharine Hepburn and Robert Ryan

Katharine Hepburn and Robert Ryan in scene from the Play Antony and Cleopatra at American Shakespeare Festival, 1960.
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Lee J Cobb in “Death of A Salesman”

Lee J Cobb (you know him as Johnny Friendly in On the Waterfront) as Willy Loman in Elia Kazan’s original 1949 production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”.

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Vsevolod Meyerhold as Ivan the Terrible

Competitor of Konstantin Stanislavsky, founder of the Biomechanical Theater in the Soviet Union, one of the main influences on Sergei Eisenstein, here is VSEVELOD MEYERHOLD (1874-1940) playing the role of Ivan The Terrible at the Moscow Art Theatre, 1899. Unknown photographer. 

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Gandlaf, like you’ve never seen him!

English actor Ian McKellen‘s work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theater to popular fantasy and science fiction. His most notable film roles include Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film trilogy!
Here he is, shot by Snowdon in 1964, looking groovy.
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Opening night: “The Bride of Frankenstein”(1935)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935), directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester: Theater box office converted into the face of Frankenstein’s monster to publicize the opening of Bride of Frankenstein. Unknown photographer.
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