Anna Sten and Anton Walbrook in Salto Mortale (Germany, Ewald André Dupont, 1931). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Director George Stevens with Katharine Hepburn on the set of Alice Adams (USA, 1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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.

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.