Cecil B DeMille (USA, c1930). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Errol Flynn in hair and make-up for The Adventures of Robin Hood (USA, 1938), with canine friend at his feet. From the Taussig film stills collection.

Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (USA, Raoul Walsh, 1924). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (USA, Wallace Worsley, 1923). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Lew Ayres (left), Greta Garbo and Anders Randolf in The Kiss (USA, Jacques Feyder, 1929). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Buster Keaton (centre) in a scene from Battling Butler (USA, Buster Keaton, 1926). From the Taussig film stills collection.

A musical sequence from Gold Diggers of 1935 (USA, Busby Berkeley, 1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Marlene Dietrich in a still from Blonde Venus (USA, Josef von Sternberg, 1932). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Ingrid Bergman in a still from the film Bränningar (Sweden, Ivar Johansson, 1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Cary Grant and Mae West in a still from the film I'm No Angel (USA, Wesley Ruggles, 1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.