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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Standing in a courtyard, Raveau (played by Marc MacDermott), wearing a black cape and homburg hat, embraces Babette (Peggy Hyland) who wears the costume of... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Barbara Marvin (played by Corinne Griffith) stands on a landing and flexes her biceps in a scene still for "Bab's Candidate" (Vitagraph 1920). She wears ba... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | In this scene still from the 1911 Selig silent film "Back to the Primitive," a group of four men dressed for safari (pith helmets, jungle jackets, puttees)... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for "Back to Broadway" (Vitagraph 1914), Anita Stewart poses as the clown Pierrot and mimes a big kiss. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for "Back to Broadway" (Vitagraph 1914), Anita Stewart poses with her hands in her pockets as the clown Pierrot. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The Arab chieftan Benchaalal (played by Pedro de Cordoba) romances the English noblewoman Lady Wyverne (Elsie Ferguson) in a scene still for the silent fil... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | English noblewoman Lady Wyverne (played by Elsie Ferguson) poses on a balcony in a Moorish palace in a scene still for the silent film "Barbary Sheep." She... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | English noblewoman Lady Wyverne (played by Elsie Ferguson) poses on a balcony in a Moorish palace in a scene still for the silent film "Barbary Sheep." She... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | English noblewoman Lady Wyverne (played by Elsie Ferguson) displays herself with a dreamy look on her face and her left arm posed above her head. She wears... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | English noblewoman Kathryn, Lady Wyverne (played by Elsie Ferguson), sits on the edge of a rustic well in a scene still for the 1917 silent film "Barbary S... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Wearing men's western clothing Jem Mason (played by Agnes Vernon) looks doubtfully at Bare Fisted Gallagher (William Desmond). She holds a Winchester repea... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Marion Davies, costumed as an East Indian princess, sits enthroned at the back of a lavishly decorated set surrounded by a crowd of worshipful soldiers, da... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Full face, quarter-length studio portrait of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the 1922 silent drama "Beauty's Worth." She wears several strands of... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for the silent drama "The Beckoning Flame," the Indian colonial administrator Harry Dickson (played by Henry Woodruff) and his English ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "The Beggar of Crawnpore," H. B. Warner poses in character as Dr. Robert Lowndes, a British army doctor in India. He ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Sessue Hayakawa poses in the role of the Prince of the Island of Desire in a 3/4 length seated portrait for the 1920 silent fantasy film "The Beggar Prince... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still for the Lubin silent film series "The Beloved Adventurer," Lottie Briscoe wears a corduroy western dress, boots, and a cowboy hat. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | George Washington's aide Joseph Ashburn (played by John Bowers in Revolutionary War uniform) confronts Clarence Vernon (Frank Mayo) who has been hiding in ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Publicity still of Dorothy Gish costumed for the role of Betty Lockwood in the silent drama "Betty of Graystone." She wears a wide bonnet with roses undern... |
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