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Raymond Bloomer, Marion Davies, and five other actors in a scene still

Date: 1919
Description: Jack Bronson (played by Raymond Bloomer) has been beaten senseless in an underworld bar. Violet Gray (played by Marion Davies dressed in a Salvation Army u...
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Publicity still of Charles Jones, also known as Buck Jones

Date: 1922
Description: Fox silent film star Charles Jones, later known as Buck Jones, poses outdoors in a cowboy hat in a publicity still for the 1922 silent western "Bells of Sa...
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Clarence Kolb and Max Dill in a scene still for "Beloved Rogues"

Date: 1917
Description: Hardware store owners Louie Vanderiff (played by Clarence Kolb at left) and Mike Amsterdammer (Max Dill) pose in rough working clothes in a scene still for...
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Clarence Kolb and Max Dill in a full length scene still for "Beloved Rogues"

Date: 1917
Description: Louie Vanderiff (played by Clarence Kolb at left) and Mike Amsterdammer (Max Dill) pose in street clothes in a scene still for the 1917 silent comedy "Belo...
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Chester Morris and Mae Marsh film still for "The Beloved Traitor"

Date: 1918
Description: Chester Morris and Mae Marsh are seated and looking worried in this scene still for the 1918 Goldwyn silent drama "The Beloved Traitor."
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Mae Marsh and E. K. Lincoln film still for "The Beloved Traitor"

Date: 1918
Description: Mae Marsh embraces E. K. Lincoln in this scene still for the 1918 Goldwyn silent drama "The Beloved Traitor."
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Hobart Bosworth and a deep sea diver in a publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: In a hardhat diving suit, actor Hobart Bosworth shakes hands with a professional diver in a publicity still for the 1920 silent drama "Below the Surface."
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Scene still with Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston

Date: 1916
Description: Ben Blair (played by Dustin Farnum in cowboy costume) has a picnic on the ground with Florence Winthrop (Winifred Kingston, wearing a corduroy riding suit)...
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Theda Bara and another actor in a scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Lolette, the Spanish peasant girl (played by Theda Bara) uses a knife to defend herself from a middle aged man in a scene still for the silent drama "The S...
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Weber and Fields and a butler in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Joe Weber, left, watches as Lew Fields hands a butler his overcoat in a publicity still used to promote the 1915 Keystone comedy "The Best of Enemies."
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Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth in a publicity still

Date: 1917
Description: In this publicity still for "Betrayed," a 1917 Fox silent drama set in Mexico, the actors Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth pose in costume ag...
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George MacQuarrie and Alice Brady in a scene still

Date: 1917
Description: General George Washington, played by George MacQuarrie, looks on as Betsy Ross (Alice Brady) shows him the American flag she has been sewing. This is a sce...
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Scene still with John Bowers, Alice Brady, and Frank Mayo

Date: 1917
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 ...
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Scene still with George McQuarrie, Alice Brady, John Bowers, and others

Date: 1917
Description: General George Washington (played by George McQuarrie) examines a document presented by Betsy Ross (Alice Brady). Over her left shoulder, in the role of Jo...
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Scene still with Jack McDonald, David Butler, and Zasu Pitts

Date: 1919
Description: In a scruffy flower garden, Peter Van Alstyne (played by David Butler) and Nancy Scroggs (Zasu Pitts) cast loving eyes at each other while Nancy's father E...
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Scene still with Zasu Pitts and David Butler

Date: 1919
Description: Nancy Scroggs (played by Zasu Pitts) and Peter Van Alstyne (David Butler) flirt in a doorway in a scene still for the silent drama "Better Times."
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Scene still with Lillian Walker, Kathlyn Williams, Irving Cummings, Ben Alexander, Clara Kimball Young, and Elinor Hancock

Date: 1919
Description: During a tea party in an English garden, Little Dick Beverly (played by the child actor Ben Alexander) feeds a piece of cake to the American visitor Charmi...
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Owen Moore and Elsie Janis publicity still

Date: 1915
Description: Owen Moore and Elsie Janis flirt by an orange tree in a publicity still for the silent film "Betty in Search of a Thrill."
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Owen Moore and Elsie Janis publicity still

Date: 1915
Description: Owen Moore and Elsie Janis are seated on the grass with roses at their feet in a publicity still for the silent film "Betty in Search of a Thrill."
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Warner Richmond, Owen Moore, Leonore Harris, and Dorothy Gish in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In this scene still for the silent drama "Betty of Graystone," David Lockwood (played by Owen Moore) weds Betty (Dorothy Gish) in a home ceremony with a pr...

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