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Bert Williams

Date: 1921
Description: White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams.
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Scene Still from "The Blot"

Date: 1921
Description: Louis Calhern and Claire Windsor in "The Blot" (Lois Weber Productions).
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Dagmar Godowsky

Date: 12 28 1923
Description: Likely a 1923 Goldwyn production Red Lights publicity portrait of Dagmar Godowsky wearing a beaded headdress.
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"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

Date: 1950
Description: Scene still from "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye."
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Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely in "Johnny on the Spot"

Date: 1919
Description: Scene still from "Johnny on the Spot" with Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely (Metro, 1919).
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William Farnum in "Last of the Duanes"

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and a little girl in a scene still from "Last of the Duanes," a silent film based upon a Zane Grey story (Fox, 1919).
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"The Queen of Sheba" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Betty Blythe as the Queen of Sheba and Fritz Leiber as King Solomon in a still from "The Queen of Sheba," a silent William Fox mega-production of 1921. The...
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"The Queen of Sheba" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Betty Blythe as the Queen of Sheba and Fritz Leiber as King Solomon stand before their thrones and face one another with attendants in the background.
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Ziegfield Follies

Date: 1912
Description: Bert Williams (right) and Leon Errol (left) are a cabbie and his fare from the 1912 Ziegfield Follies. The cab is drawn by a rumpled pantomime horse. Behin...
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Scene Still from A Girl of Yesterday

Date: 1915
Description: Donald Crisp, aviator Glenn Martin, and Mary Pickford in the 1915 silent comedy A Girl of Yesterday (Famous Players-Lasky, 1915). Martin is wearing ...
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Tracy Takes Off

Date: 1932
Description: Spencer Tracy in "Sky Devils," Howard Hughes's silly World War I comedy. Tracy (center) and William Boyd play two inept stowaways who end up on a ship that...
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"Ceiling Zero"

Date: 1936
Description: Milwaukee-born Pat O'Brien (in the pilot's uniform) starred with Jimmy Cagney as two commercial airline pilots in "Ceiling Zero." This 1936 Warner Brothers...
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"Dive Bomber" Helmet

Date: 1941
Description: A publicity still of Fred MacMurray from "Dive Bomber" (WB, 1941) in which a crew member is adjusting the helmet of MacMurray's pressurized flight suit. Be...
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Marine Flyers Publicity Still

Date: 1935
Description: A publicity still from "Devil Dogs of the Air," (Warner Brothers 1935) in which Milwaukee-born Pat O'Brien appeared with Jimmy Cagney. In this production, ...
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The Great Train Robbery

Date: 1903
Description: Robbers, guns drawn, escort the engineer from the locomotive in a scene from The Great Train Robbery.
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Harlow in "Hell's Angels"

Date: 1930
Description: Production still from "Hell's Angels," the Howard Hughes 1930 film, which launched the career of 18-year-old Jean Harlow. She is shown here with co-stars B...
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Production Still from The Immigrant

Date: 1917
Description: The huge waiter (played by Eric Campbell) glowers at the immigrant (Charlie Chaplin). To the right are Edna Purviance playing another immigrant and Henry B...
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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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Tea Time in "Congress Dances"

Date: 1931
Description: A woman and man in elaborate costumes have tea in the film "Congress Dances".
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Rudolph Valentino and Rosa Rosanova

Date: 1922
Description: Rudolph Valentino puts his arm around Rosa Rosanova in a publicity still for the silent drama Blood and Sand.

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