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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Berta Nordstrom (played by Anita Stewart) struggles with John Mathison (Ward Crane) in a scene still from "The Yellow Typhoon" (1920). |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Hilda Nordstrom (played by Anita Stewart) comforts an aged woman in a wheelchair, probably Mother Nordstrom, in a scene still from "The Yellow Typhoon." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Margaret Vane (played by Norma Talmadge) stands by her dressing table and fusses with the little Pomeranian dog held by her maid in a scene still from "Yes... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Dick Mason (played by George Walsh) confronts the corrupt, monocle-wearing Count Vortsky (Edward Cecil) as Princess Alexia (Enid Markey) and Baron Maravitc... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Princess Alexia (played by Enid Markey in an elaborately decorated dress and wearing a crown) marches arm in arm with Dick Mason (George Walsh) in a scene ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Myra and Bryan (played by Pauline Frederick and Irving Cummings) are locked in an embrace in a highly retouched scene still from "The World's Great Snare." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Pauline Frederick as Myra, wearing a kimono, reacts to the signs of her dissipation scattered on a table: playing cards, cigarettes, whiskey, the remains o... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Jack Thomas (played by Bryant Washburn) is falsely accused by Philip Cole (Patrick Calhoun) as his young ward Elsa Thomas (Marguerite Clayton) watches in a... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Roma Winnet and Bob Lawson (played by Virginia Pearson and Irving Cummings) embrace in a scene still from "Wrath of Love." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Anita Stewart wears a dress made of burlap playing Olympia in the Vitagraph production "The Wood Violet" (1912). |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Princess Pat (played by Gladys Leslie) sits by the fireplace and examines her face in a hand mirror in a scene still for "The Wooing of Princess Pat." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Accompanied by a maid, Princess Pat, holding a candle, meets King Eric in a dark hallway. Pat was played by Gladys Leslie and the King by J. Frank Glendon... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in a rough wool military coat) warmly embraces Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar) in this scene still from ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ernesto, in a light-colored three-piece suit, and Teodora, in a black dress and several layers of wraps about her shoulders, have an earnest conversation i... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The Reverend David Burroughs (played by Leslie Casey) has a serious discussion with William Burroughs (Wallace Reid) in a scene still from "The World's Cha... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | William Burroughs (played by Wallace Reid in formal evening wear and well-oiled hair) uses a flower to toy with Lady Elizabeth Galton (Lois Wilson) in a sc... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | William Burroughs (played by Wallace Reid in formal evening wear and well-oiled hair) has a confrontation with Lord Brockingon (Stanley J. Sandford). Lady ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still used to promote "The World's Champion," the silent film star Wallace Reid is shown fishing in a river, probably in Yosemite National P... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Billy Sullivan (right) boxes a larger man in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 and 1924. Billy Sulliv... |
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