James Neville Mason was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films included The Seventh Veil (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945). He starred in Odd Man Out (1947), the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
Mason as Norman Maine in A Star is Born (1954)
Mason acted alongside Judy Garland in A Star is Born (1954)
Mason in Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959)
Stanley Kubrick was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor.
High school senior portrait of Kubrick, age 16, c. 1944–1945
Portrait of Kubrick with a camera at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, 1949, while a staff photographer for Look
Photo of a Chicago streetscape taken by Kubrick for Look magazine, 1949, from State/Lake station