3-023-181 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Crowds of Female Actors Wearing Period Costumes Smoking Cigarettes Whilst Filming the German Film 'Anne Boleyn', 1920s. ''an army...of extras on the outside lot of, of believe it or not, the German [silent] film production of Ann Boleyn. Not only was director Ernst Lubitsch making good films, but he was also using a British theme for his script...For Elstree, an eye for an eye, a movie for a movie'. From "Time To Remember - Came the Dawn", 1925 (Reel 2); peek at the British Film Industry of the 1920s - clips from great silent films and newsreels.