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"Tried for His Own Murder" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Still from the 1916 Vitagraph film "Tried for His Own Murder," featuring Maurice Costello (playing Ransford) and Leah Baird (playing Irene Gardner). They s...
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Grace Darmond and Earle Williams scene still.

Date: 1918
Description: Ida Payne (played by Grace Darmond) is given a ring by Willard Geddie (Earle Williams) as they sit in a garden seat in a scene still for "An American Live ...
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Earle Williams scene still.

Date: 1918
Description: The silent film actor Earle Williams is offered a top hat and cane by a butler in a scene still. The film may have been "An American Live Wire" (Vitagraph ...
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Ethel Gray Terry and Earle Williams in a publicity still for "Arsene Lupin."

Date: 1917
Description: Ethel Gray Terry and Earle Williams embrace in a publicity still for the 1917 Vitagraph film "Arsene Lupin."
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Earle Williams in a publicity still for "Arsene Lupin."

Date: 1917
Description: Earle Williams wears a white tie and tails for the title role in "Arsene Lupin."
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Earle Williams, Rex Ingram, and Lillian Walker in a scene still.

Date: 1913
Description: The actors Earle Williams, Rex Ingram, and Lillian Walker pose in a scene still from Vitagraph's "The Artist's Great Madonna." The scene is an artist's stu...
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Earle Williams and Anita Stewart in a scene still.

Date: 1915
Description: Jo, a girl of the slums played by Anita Stewart, looks over her shoulder at Roscoe Thane (Earle Williams) while, in the background, three other actors watc...
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Earle Williams and Anita Stewart in a scene still.

Date: 1915
Description: Roscoe Thane (played by Earle Williams) and Jo, a girl of the slums (played by Anita Stewart), closely examine the thumb of Jo's left hand in a scene still...
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Scene still with Marc MacDermott and Peggy Hyland.

Date: 1917
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...
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George Fawcett and Corinne Griffith in a scene still.

Date: 1920
Description: In his office at home, Senator Merrill Treadwill Marvin (played by George Fawcett) scowls suspiciously as his daughter Barbara (Corinne Griffith) feigns s...
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Corinne Griffith scene still on the stairs.

Date: 1920
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...
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Anita Stewart in a Pierrot costume

Date: 1914
Description: In this scene still for "Back to Broadway" (Vitagraph 1914), Anita Stewart poses as the clown Pierrot and mimes a big kiss.
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Anita Stewart in a Pierrot costume

Date: 1914
Description: In this scene still for "Back to Broadway" (Vitagraph 1914), Anita Stewart poses with her hands in her pockets as the clown Pierrot.
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James Morrison, Mary Maurice, Charles Richman, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: In a dramatic scene still from the silent film "The Battle Cry of Peace," Charley Harrison (left, played by James Morrison) and John Harrison (right, playe...
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Charles Richman, Mary Maurice, James Morrison, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ...
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Harry S. Northrup, Lucille Hamill, Louise Beaudet, James Lackaye, Norma Talmadge, Charles Richman, and L. Rodgers Lytton in a scene still.

Date: 1915
Description: After the invasion of the United States, Americans are threatened by the enemy leader Mr. Emanon (played by L. Rodgers Lytton in profile at far right) and ...

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