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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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Scene still with Elmer Clifton, Miriam Cooper, Jennie Lee, and Vester Pegg.

Date: 1915
Description: In this scene still for "The Artist's Wife," the young artist Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) is seated and holds a sketch or document in his hands. His mo...
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Elmer Clifton, Vester Pegg, and Miriam Cooper in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: The young painter Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) stands by his easel holding his brush and palette. He is dressed in standard artist's garb: smock, floppy...
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Lucille Young and Elmer Clifton in a scene still for "The Artist's Wife"

Date: 1915
Description: The young painter Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) helps a girl from high society (Lucille Young) with her wrap. They stand in his artist's studio.
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Scene still with Carl Harbaugh and Lucille Young for "The Artist's Wife."

Date: 1915
Description: Spurred by passion, actor Carl Harbaugh (aka Carl Harbough) has Lucille Young backed up against a piano in a scene still for "The Artist's Wife."
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Miriam Cooper and Elmer Clifton in a scene still for "The Artist's Wife."

Date: 1915
Description: In this scene still for "The Artist's Wife," the young artist Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) kneels beside the wicker wheelchair of his model Jean (Miriam...
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Bessie Love in a scene still for "The Aryan."

Date: 1916
Description: In a scene still for the silent film "The Aryan," Bessie Love sits on a bed in a rustic room in her role as Mary Jane Garth, an innocent young girl crossin...
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William S. Hart and Bessie Love in a scene still for "The Aryan."

Date: 1916
Description: The leader of a band of Mexican desperadoes, Steve Denton (played by William S. Hart), has his heart softened by the innocent young Mary Beth Garth (Bessie...
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Wharburton Gamble, Elaine Amazar, and Henry Clive in a scene still.

Date: 1919
Description: This scene still for "As a Man Thinks" is set in an artist's studio in Paris. On the left wearing a painting smock and floppy tie is the artist Benjamin De...
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Leah Baird and Warburton Gamble in a scene still for "As a Man Thinks."

Date: 1919
Description: Elinor Clayton (played by Leah Baird) is being swept off her feet by the unscrupulous artist Benjamin De Lota (Warburton Gamble) in a scene still for the s...
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Edith Storey publicity still for "As the Sun Went Down."

Date: 1919
Description: Edith Storey, in character as the female gunfighter Colonel Billy, aims her Remington revolver from the window of a log building in a publicity still for "...
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Edith Storey publicity still for "As the Sun Went Down."

Date: 1919
Description: Edith Storey, in character as the female gunfighter Colonel Billy, poses with her Remington revolver in the open door of a log building in a publicity stil...
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Scene still of Pauline Frederick in a cabaret.

Date: 1916
Description: Pauline Frederick and an unidentified actor in a straw boater hat sit at a table in a cabaret in a scene still for "Ashes of Embers." She holds a wad of mo...
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Scene still with Francis X. Bushman for "Ashes of Hope."

Date: 1914
Description: Fred Willard, a theatrical manager played by Francis X. Bushman, is in the dressing room of Zalata, a dancer played by Ruth Stonehouse. Reflected in the mi...
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Scene still with Louise Fazenda, Don Marion, Eddie Gribbon, and Billy Bevan.

Date: 1921
Description: Louise Fazenda holds baby Don Marion who holds a revolver on Eddie Gribbon who is held about the waist by Billy Bevan in a scene still for the Mack Sennett...
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Publicity still with Joseph Kilgour, Betty Compson, and Casson Ferguson.

Date: 1921
Description: The banker William Blane (played by Joseph Kilgour) is standing with clenched fists watching his wife Cherry O'Day (Betty Compson) in the embrace of Harvey...
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Ethel Clayton in a scene still for "The Attorney for the Defense."

Date: 1915
Description: Ethel Clayton, playing Ruth Wingate, is shown in a head and shoulders close-up in a scene still for "The Attorney for the Defense." The crowd seated around...
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Ethel Clayton in a scene still for "The Attorney for the Defense."

Date: 1915
Description: Ethel Clayton, playing Ruth Wingate, stands between a cab driver or chauffeur and another man to whom she speaks, who may well be the actor John Ince. A cr...
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Rubye de Remer and Tom Powers in a scene still.

Date: 1917
Description: Lorelei Knight (played by Rubye de Remer) embraces Bob Wharton (Tom Powers) in a scene still for the melodrama "The Auction Block." She wears a fur coat an...
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Billie Burke and thugs in a scene still for "Away Goes Prudence."

Date: 1920
Description: Sitting on a table in a filthy cellar, Prudence Thorne (played by Billie Burke) compares knives with a Chinaman as four other thugs watch in a scene still ...

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