Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
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The latest in 1920’s astronaut style via Woman in the Moon (1929, Fritz Lang) 

The latest in 1920’s astronaut style via Woman in the Moon (1929, Fritz Lang) 

Fritz Lang, actress Gerda Maurus  & crew on the set of Woman in the Moon (1929, dir. Fritz Lang), which included a giant backdrop painting of a lunar landscape (click to enlarge) (via)

Fritz Lang, actress Gerda Maurus  & crew on the set of Woman in the Moon (1929, dir. Fritz Lang), which included a giant backdrop painting of a lunar landscape (click to enlarge) (via)

Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang’s 1929 silent science fiction film about mankind’s first trip to the moon (via)

Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang’s 1929 silent science fiction film about mankind’s first trip to the moon

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Lunar flight plans via Woman in the Moon (1929, dir. Fritz Lang) ‘For the human mind, there is no never – only a not yet.’

Lunar flight plans via Woman in the Moon (1929, dir. Fritz Lang)

‘For the human mind, there is no never – only a not yet.’

Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi film about the first moon landing (via)

Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi film about the first moon landing (via)

Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi film about the first moon landing  (via)

Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi film about the first moon landing 

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Poster art: Universum Film AG edition 

Film posters from UFA, the great German movie studio that was home to directors like Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, G.W. Pabst, & Ernst Lubitsch during the Weimar era (click on individual posters for hi-res/film & artist info).

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