
Anna Karina in La Religieuse. Jacques Rivette. 1966.

Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal with director Howard Zieff on the set of The Main Event. 1979.
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Harry Baur as Beethoven in Abel Gance‘s Beethoven’s Great Love. 1937.

Life mask of Ludwig van Beethoven as Beethoven. 1812.
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Routine Elvis: Sight and Sound. Summer 1968.
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Portugese edition of Sour Milk Sea. Jackie Lomax. 1968.

Govinda. Radha Krishna Temple. 1971.

Try Some, Buy Some. Ronnie Spector. 1971.
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Polanski directs Francesca Annis in Macbeth.

Seeing as how Hugh Hefner‘s Playboy Productions helped bankroll the production, the Macbeth premiere’s afterparty—attended by the film’s director and star—was held at the London Playboy Club.

Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird. Circa 1995.
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Juliet Berto behind a wall of Mao’s Little Red Book in La Chinoise. Godard. 1967.
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