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.

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.

On the centenary of Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch’s birth, we publish highlights from his early radio career in Australia.

A still image from the 1938 Australian film Broken Melody.  Lloyd Hughes (John Ainsworth) is a promising musician, unemployed and penniless in the depths of the Depression.

Go behind-the-scenes at the circus with rare home movie footage of Australia's Con Colleano, the world-famous 'Wizard of the Wire'.

David Donaldson, the inaugural Director of the Sydney Film Festival, shines a light on the career of South Australian-born Hollywood pioneer JP McGowan.

Q&A with CJ Dennis biographer Phil Butters nearly 100 years after the publication of The Sentimental Bloke.