Silent and Pre-Code Horror

Theda Bara - a close up image of her iconic face from 1918. The image is from Salome but is often mistaken as an image for her hit film CLEOPATRA.

An image of vampire queen Theda Bara from a promotional campaign for the lost silent film SIN from 1915. From SIlent and Pre-Code Horror.

The grimacing and vampiric Lon Chaney from the 1927 lost silent horror film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A t-shirt of DW Griffith's 1926 silent horror film THE SORROWS OF SATAN. 1-sided t-shirt. The image was also used by the goth / postpunk band Bauhaus.

An image for FW Murnau's 1921 silent horror classic THE HAUNTED CASTLE.

A design for the 1922 pseudo-documentary on devil-worship and witchcraft, HAXAN

An image of vamp(ire) queen Theda Bara from 1918 with one of her nicknames - "Purgatory's Ivory Angel."

1-sided tshirt of the 1920 German Expressionist and silent horror film THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI.

Theda Bara, vamp and vampire queen of the 1910s, in a headshot from 1918. Salome, Cleopatra, A Fool There Was, and other films made her a silent star.

An image of Marlene Dietrich in a cabaret scene from THE BLUE ANGEL.

A 1-sided t-shirt of silent film vamp and femme fatale Pola Negri. By SIlent and Pre-Code Horror.

An image of CLEOPATRA from 1934. Claudette Colbert. Pre-Code.

An image of vampire queen Theda Bara from a promotional campaign for the lost silent film SIN from 1915. From SIlent and Pre-Code Horror.

A 1-sided design of silent film vamp and femme fatale Pola Negri. By SIlent and Pre-Code Horror.

William Blake's "Skeleton of Urizen" illustration / design with a quote from his 1803 poem "Auguries of Innocence" beneath it.

An image of Boris Karloff as he appeared in the pre-Code horror film THE BLACK CAT.

A profile image of iconic, glamourous actress Greta Garbo from around 1930.

An image advertising the 1932 pre-Code horror film THE DEATH KISS with Bela Lugosi.

Silent film vamp and vampire queen Theda Bara as she appeared in the 1918 film SALOME (often mistaken for an image from CLEOPATRA).

An image from the 1920 Robert Weine German Expressionist/horror film THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI. Available as shirts, buttons, stickers, posters, etc.

A portrait of Theda Bara as Cleopatra from the lost 1917 film of the same name. Theda Bara was famous as a vamp, short for vampire.

Theda Bara poster art for the lost 1917 film THE ROSE OF BLOOD. Theda Bara was considered the queen of silent film vamp(ire)s.

Movie poster image of the 1936 vampire film DRACULA's DAUGHTER starring Gloria Holden.

An image from the poster for the 1916 Russian silent film THE GREEN SPIDER.

A stylized image of silent film vamp Pola Negri from 1922.

An image titled "Death."