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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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Actors Owen Moore and Dorothy Gish in a roadster

Date: 1916
Description: Owen Moore is behind the wheel of a two-seat open roadster automobile with Dorothy Gish beside him in this scene still for the silent drama "Betty of Grays...
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Olive Thomas scene still for "Betty Takes a Hand"

Date: 1918
Description: Betty Marshall (played by Olive Thomas) masquerades as an old landlady in this scene still for the silent drama "Betty Takes a Hand." She peers quizzically...
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Olive Thomas prays in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: Wearing her nightgown, Betty (played by Olive Thomas) prays beside her bed in a scene still for the silent drama "Betty Takes a Hand."
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Scene still of Fannie Ward in a mine

Date: 1917
Description: Betty Sherwin, played by Fannie Ward with her rock pick in hand, searches her inherited mine for gold in a scene still for the silent comedy "Betty to the ...
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Florence Lawrence medicine show scene still

Date: 1912
Description: In her dreams, the farm cook Betty (played by Florence Lawrence) appears before an enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Indian Cure-All Medicine Show. As she...
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Owen Moore, Florene Lawrence, and two other actors

Date: 1912
Description: The farmer's wife (played by an unidentified actress) and hired hand (Owen Moore) cower as Betty the cook (Florence Lawrence) threatens to dose the wife wi...
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Florence Lawrence and Owen More in a kitchen scene still

Date: 1912
Description: The farm's hired hand John (played by Owen Moore) carefully approaches Betty the cook (Florence Lawrence) who has fallen asleep while peeling a potato in a...
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Scene still with Chester Conklin, Mary Thurman, and Ford Sterling

Date: 1918
Description: Seated around a table in a dining room, Mary Thurman offers a spoonful of peas to Ford Sterling (at right, dressed as a dandy) while Chester Conklin begs f...
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Charles K. French and Ethel Clayton in a scene still

Date: 1921
Description: Charles K. French and Ethel Clayton have a heart to heart talk seated in comfortable parlor in this scene still for the silent drama "Beyond."
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Louis Haines, Pearl White, and Arthur Gordini in a scene still

Date: 1921
Description: Sally Marrio (played by Pearl White) appears to be falling with a rake end poker in her hand as the banker J. Peter Weathersby (Louis Haines) watches from ...
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Louis Haines and Pearl White seated in a scene still

Date: 1921
Description: The banker J. Peter Weathersby (played by Louis Haines grinning with a cigar in his hand) sits beside Sally Marrio (Pearl White) who is delivering a pair o...
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Pearl White publicity still with fur coat

Date: 1921
Description: Pearl White, in character as Sally Marrio, wears a chinchilla coat in a publicity still for the silent melodrama "Beyond Price."
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, Arthur Bauer, and a Host of Extras in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by a crowd of extras in evening clothes, a police officer (played by Arthur Bauer) holds out a wanted poster reading "Reward $50,000 Charles Bur...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, and Arthur Bauer scene still

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still set in a police station for the 1915 Thanhouser silent drama "Bianca Forgets" are Bianca Wells (played by Florence La Badie wearing a whit...
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Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino studio publicity still

Date: 1922
Description: Gloria Swanson, as Theodora Fitzgerald, and Rudolph Valentino, as Lord Hector Bracondale, in a full-length seated Keyes studio publicity still for the 1922...
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Gloria Swanson rescued by Rudolph Valentino, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Gloria Swanson (as Theodora Fitzgerald) is carried in the arms of Rudolph Valentino (Lord Hector Bracondale) in her rescue from a snowy mountain ledge in a...
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Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in a garden, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Lord Hector Bracondale, played by Rudolph Valentino, approaches Theodora Fitzgerald (Gloria Swanson) by a gate in a garden wall covered with camellias. The...
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Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino seated in a garden, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Fighting tears, Theodora Fitzgerald (played by Gloria Swanson) looks away from Lord Hector Bracondale (Rudolph Valentino) who stares at her with deep feeli...
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Goria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and a handkerchief, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Theodora Fitzgerald (played by Gloria Swanson) looks into the eyes of Lord Hector Bracondale (Rudolph Valentino) who is returning her handkerchief in a sce...

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