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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Billy Sullivan (right) has knocked his opponent to the mat in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of the "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Roger Davis (left, played by Frank McGlynn Sr.) and Effie Dorgan (played by Miriam Nesbitt dressed as a nun and holding a child) with an unidentified actor... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Allen Cotter (played by Allan Sears) looms over Paula Letchworth (Seena Owen) in a scene still from "A Woman's Awakening." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) holds a revolver on Jock MacKeinney (Maurice "Lefty" Flynn) in a publicity still from "The Woman Who Walked Alone... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | 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 corduro... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bessie Barriscale and Forrest Stanley, both wearing formal evening wear, pose in a soulful publicity still for "A Woman Who Understood." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ethel Clayton in a floor-length Japanese print dress and long white gloves flinches as Joseph Kaufman punches an unidentified actor in a scene still from "... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ethel Clayton, stretched out upon a chaise lounge, is being made love to by Joseph Kaufman in a love scene from "A Woman Went Forth" (Lubin 1915). |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle and a mean look) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) in a scene still ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt) aggressively grasps the wrist of Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald) in a scene still from "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." They ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) who is looking miserable in a sce... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Mary MacNeill (played by Katherine MacDonald) holds the hand of Martin Conrad (Milton Sills) and looks lovingly at his face. They are outdoors in a garden ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A missionary from New England, Winthrop Stark (played by William B. Davidson), professes his love to Princess Zara (Theda Bara in a grass skirt) on the Sou... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A glamorous head and shoulders publicity still of Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Wom... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This glamorous scene still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woman of the World."... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This glamorous half-length publicity still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woma... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Pola Negri stands in front of a shiny satin theater curtain and is dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Kathlyn Williams, in a checked winter coat and carrying a suitcase, walks away from two men and a woman on the front steps of a Victorian house in a scene ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Kathlyn Williams grins and holds a letter in this three-quarter length publicity still for the 1914 Selig production "A Woman Laughs." She stands behind a ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Leonora (played by Lina Cavalieri) is the daughter of a poor Italian lacemaker in this scene still from "A Woman of Impulse." She strums a guitar in an imp... |
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