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Gotha and Film Production Crew and Cast

Date: 1930
Description: A vintage German Gotha airplane brought to Hollywood by Howard Hughes for use in "Hell's Angels," together with members of the Caddo Company's film crew an...
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Hell's Angels Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Scene at Caddo Field during the filming of "Hell's Angels," Howard Hughes' extravagant World War I aviation film. In this scene, the large vintage Gotha b...
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Dalton Trumbo

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Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
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Four of the Hollywood Ten

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Description: Four members of the Hollywood Ten at an unidentified event concerning their defense. From left to right are: Herbert Biberman, Alvah Bessie, and Dalton Tr...
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Dancers in Elaborate Costumes

Date: 1929
Description: Dancers in elaborate costumes and huge headdresses perform onstage in "Glorifying the American Girl," a 1929 Paramount musical. The heads of some pit music...
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"Citizen Kane"

Date: 1941
Description: Orson Welles on podium in front of giant 'Kane' backdrop, in scene still for "Citizen Kane".
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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber

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Description: Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire.
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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
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Fred MacMurray and Maleta Martin MacMurray

Date: 1911
Description: Studio portrait of future actor Fred MacMurray at age 3, posed with his mother Maleta Martin MacMurray.
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Mae Murray

Date: 1908
Description: Original caption: "Mae Murray, who just recently completed 'Circe,' as she looked when she appeared on the stage. Miss Murray started her career as a dance...
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Agnes Moorehead

Date: 1904
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age sitting in a handsome wicker baby carriage outdoors.
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Richard Barthelmess as a Boy

Date: 1906
Description: Richard Barthelmess, the future actor, is about 12-years-old in this studio portrait. He is dressed as a soldier, probably one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough R...
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Gummo Marx, Groucho Marx, and dog.

Date: 1906
Description: Gummo (Milton Marx) on the left and on the right Groucho (Julius Henry Marx) holding a rat terrier dog. Caption from Paramount Pictures, Inc.: "THE BOY...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1906
Description: An early waist-up publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt sitting on a chair. She wears an intricate lace dress and a large hat covered with feathers.
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Lenore Ulric Listening to the Radio

Date: 1922
Description: Broadway star Lenore Ulric, dressed and made-up for the stage, listens to an early portable radio receiver.
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Lina Cavalieri

Date: 1901
Description: The young Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in suggestive deshabille, her pearl decorated dress falling off her shoulders.
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Dorothy Phillips, a Capuchin Monkey, and a Bell and Howell Motion Picture Camera

Date: 1922
Description: Original title: "This is one of the rare snapshots which a photographer gets only once in a peagreen moon. Dorothy Phillips, star of Allen Holubar's Th...
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Snapshot of Ruth Roland and a Monkey

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Ruth Roland in riding costume and a velveteen cap playing with a small monkey.
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Anita Stewart and a German Shepherd

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Anita Stewart poses with a golf bag slung over her shoulder and a German shepherd dog.

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