Old Hollywood

The Nicholas Brothers dancing to "Jumpin' Jive" in Stormy Weather (1943)

"I gotta be careful of hydrophobia!" Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) and Miriam Aarons (Paulette Goddard) fight — literally — tooth and nail in The Women (1939)

Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe photographed on the set of The Misfits (1961)

Maggie Smith waiting for a train in London, 1964

Elizabeth Taylor on location at London Airport during filming of The V.I.P.s (1963)

Director Billy Wilder, Pamela Tiffin, James Cagney and Horst Buchholz on location in West Berlin during production of One, Two, Three (1961)

Dan Duryea and Gary Cooper in a publicity still for Along Came Jones (1945)

Claudia Cardinale photographed at the premiere of The Leopard (1963)

"It's straight down the line for both of us." Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) reminds Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) of their murderous pact in Double Indemnity (1944)

Una Merkel and Anna May Wong at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, 1937

Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable and director Frank Capra during a break from filming It Happened One Night (1934)

Michael Caine photographed on the set of Alfie (1966)

Helen Hayes and Lillian Gish attend the opening of Uncle Vanya at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City, 1973

Nina Mae McKinney in a publicity still for Reckless (1935)

"I always used to wipe my mouth! Wipe my mouth!" Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis) launches a full-scale assault on Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) in Of Human Bondage (1934)

Kim Novak in a publicity still for Pushover (1954)

"Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea." Ida (Eve Arden) shares her views on motherhood in Mildred Pierce (1945)

Ella Fitzgerald photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940

Ali MacGraw and Steve McQueen photographed at the premiere of Papillon (1973)

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith in a promotional still for the television series Charlie's Angels, 1976