Category Archives: _____ as _____

mickey rooney as babyface nelson

Posted on February 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

Mickey Rooney (with Carolyn Jones) as Baby Face Nelson. 1957.

Lester Joseph Gillis aka Baby Face Nelson as Baby Face Nelson.

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the champ as the champ

Posted on January 15, 2013 | Leave a comment

The Champ

Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in The Champ. Vidor. 1931.

The Champ

Jon Voight and Ricky Schroder in The Champ. Franco Zeffirelli. 1979.

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theda bara as cleopatra, elizabeth taylor as cleopatra

Posted on November 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

Theda Bara as Cleopatra. 1917.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra. 1963.

A fragment of a statue of Cleopatra as Cleopatra.

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thieves by night as they live by night

Posted on September 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

Shelley Duvall and Keith Carradine in Thieves Like Us. Altman. 1974.

Farley Granger and Cathy O’Donnell in They Live By Night. Nicholas Ray. 1949.

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hepburn as mary, queen of scots

Posted on August 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Katherine Hepburn as Mary, Queen of Scots in Mary of Scotland. John Ford. 1936.

Death mask of Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots. 1587.

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beatty and dunaway as bonnie and clyde

Posted on June 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie and Clyde. 1967.

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow as Bonnie and Clyde. 1933.

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guinness as hitler

Posted on January 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

Alec Guinness as Hitler.

Guinness with director Ennio De Concini, while filming Hitler: The Last Ten Days. 1973.

Adolf Hitler as Hitler.

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caruso as caruso

Posted on March 21, 2010 | Leave a comment

Mario Lanza as Enrico Caruso in The Great Caruso. Richard Thorpe. 1951.

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