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Milton Sills in "Adam's Rib"
1923
Milton Sills as a caveman dressed in fur and armed with a stone club in a prehistoric forest in Cecil B. De Mill's silent film production "Adam's Rib" (Famous Players-Lasky 1923).
Elliott Dexter and Julia Faye in "Adam's Rib"
1923
A caveman (played by Elliott Dexter) has defeated a rival and thus wins the interest of the Mischevous One, a young cavewoman played by Julia Faye in this Cecil B. DeMille silent film from 1923 set...
Gloria Swanson and Joseph Theodore Swanson
1923
Silent film star Gloria Swanson and her father U.S. Army Captain Joseph T. Swanson.
Milton Sills and Dorothy Dalton
1922
Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) comes up behind Clement Gaunt (Milton Sills) apparently to sneak a small money bag into the pocket of his corduroy jacket in a publicity still for "The Wom...
Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, and Theodore Kosloff in "Adam's Rib"
1923
Three young cavemen--cavepersons?--react in fear to an offscreen threat. From left to right the actors are Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, and Theodore Kosloff. All wear elaborate prehistoric fur c...
Joseph Theodore Swanson and Gloria Swanson
1923
Original caption: "Gloria Swanson, Paramount star and her father Capt. Joseph T. Swanson, U.S. Army."
