Old Hollywood
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1900-1979

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Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Lang (upper right), & crew on the set of  Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Lang (upper right), & crew on the set of  Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Sylvia Sidney & Henry Fonda in You Only Live Once (1937, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Sylvia Sidney & Henry Fonda in You Only Live Once (1937, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge & Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge & Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Paul Richter slays the dragon in Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) (via) 

Paul Richter slays the dragon in Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) (via

Above: Model for the dragon in Die Nibelungen (1924, dir. Fritz Lang) by set designer Erich Kettelhut; below, Paul Richter & Lang on the set of Die Nibelungen.

You can see the dragon in action here.

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Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang) (via)

Brigitte Helm, Fritz Lang, Heinrich George and assorted cast & crew on the set of Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang) Photographer: Horst von Harbou (via)

Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang)

Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang)

Joan Bennett in publicity still for Scarlet Street (1945, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

Joan Bennett in publicity still for Scarlet Street (1945, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

1-3: Fritz Lang (right) directs Peter Lorre (left) on the set of M (1931), 4: Production sketch by M art director Emil Hasler

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M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

You Only Live Once (1937, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)

You Only Live Once (1937, dir. Fritz Lang) (via)