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Scene still with Elliot Dexter and Mabel Julienne Scott

Date: 1920
Description: Richard Armour, played by Elliott Dexter, sits reading a book to a child who is out of the frame as his brother's wife Lali Armour, a half-breed Indian, pl...
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Scene still with Milton Sills and Mabel Julienne Scott in a child's bedroom

Date: 1920
Description: Frank Armour (played by Milton Sills) and his wife Lali (Mabel Julienne Scott) stand on either side of their sleeping child's bed in a scene still for the ...
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Scene still with Lottie Briscoe in bed

Date: 1915
Description: The actress Lottie Briscoe, wearing a nightgown, sits up in bed in a darkened room in a scene still form the silent comedy "The Belated Honeymoon."
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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 Theda Bara

Date: 1918
Description: In this publicity still for the 1918 Fox silent drama "The She-Devil," Theda Bara poses outdoors with cherries hanging from her lips and four giant pom-pom...
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Lottie Briscoe wearing western wear in a publicity still

Date: 1914
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.
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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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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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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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Dorothy Gish publicity still

Date: 1916
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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