[1]:  Anna Neagle as the title character in Irene (Herbert Wilcox, Imperadio, 1940).  Cinematography by Russell Metty.  Costume by Edward Stevenson.  Digital frame enlargement.

[2]:  Esso.  Les parapluies de Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, Parc/Madeleine/Beta, 1964).  Cinematography by Jean Rabier.  Digital frame enlargement.

[3]:  Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Vronsky.  Anna Karenina (Joe Wright, Universal/Working Title/Focus, 2012).  Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey.  Production Design by Sarah Greenwood.  Costume by Jacqueline Durran.  Digital frame enlargement.

[4]: Crossing the bridge.  The Thief of Bagdad (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Alexander Korda Films/London Film Productions, 1940).  Cinematography by Georges Périnal.  Design by Vincent Korda.  Scenic background by W. Percy Day.  Matte by Wally Veevers and Peter Ellenshaw.  Digital frame enlargement.  

[5]:  Björn Andrésen as Tadzio.  Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, Alfa Cinematografica/Warner Bros., 1971).  Cinematography by Pasqualino De Santis.  Costume by Piero Tosi.  Digital frame enlargement. 

[6]:  The hero in his new denim.  Alan Ladd in Shane (George Stevens, Paramount, 1953).  Cinematography by Loyal Griggs.  Costume by Edith Head.  Digital frame enlargement.

[7]:  Periwinkle Blue.  The sheriff’s wife (Lurene Tuttle) remembers the dress she bought in Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, Universal, 1960).  Cinematography by John L. Russell.  Script by Joseph Stefano.  Digital frame enlargement.

[8]:  Facing the Big Blue.  Le grand bleu (Luc Besson, Gaumont/Les Films du Loup, 1988).  Cinematography by Carlo Varini.  Digital frame enlargement.