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| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Ethel Barrymore, wearing a mid-19th century dress with basque waist and crinoline, stands by a window. She is costumed for the title role in the 1916 silen... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | John Hamilton (played by Herschel Mayall) sits on a couch with two children: Roland, who is in a sailor suit, played by Francis Carpenter and Rose, who is ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Bab Archibald (played by Marguerite Clark) washes a very muddy automobile that appears to be an Overland open touring car in this scene still for "Bab's Bu... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Bab Archibald (played by Marguerite Clark) washes a very muddy automobile that appears to be an Overland open touring car in this scene still for "Bab's Bu... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Silent film actress Marguerite Clark sits in a wicker chair and knits on a set for "Bab's Burglar." Behind her is a Pathé 35mm motion picture camera on a t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Tommy Gray (played by Richard Barthelmess) has his ring returned by Bab Archibald (Marguerite Clark) in a scene still for "Bab's Burglar." Barthelmess wear... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | As Bab Archibald (played by Marguerite Clark) and Tommy Gray (Richard Barthelmess) share a bicycle, Tommy tries to steal a kiss in a scene still for "Bab... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Marguerite Clark in the role of Bab Archibald lies on her bed in a nightgown, perhaps writing in a diary. This is a scene still for the 1917 Famous Players... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In his office at home, Senator Merrill Treadwill Marvin (played by George Fawcett) scowls suspiciously as his daughter Barbara (Corinne Griffith) feigns s... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | William Hinckley and Marguerite Clark stand side by side costumed for a wedding as groom and bride in a publicity still for the Famous Players production o... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Rosemary Theby and Harry Myers sit at a breakfast table in a scene still for the 1915 Victor silent film "Baby." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Dressed in their nightgowns, Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) and Aggie (Kathryn Adams) are in twin beds. Kennedy is sitting up and Adams is lying down. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The actors Frank Morgan and Madge Kennedy embrace in this publicity still for "Baby Mine" (Goldwyn 1917). In the silent film they play Alfred and Zoie, a m... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for the 1917 Goldwyn production "Baby Mine," Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) sits at a writing desk and gazes at a photograph of her hus... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | From left to right, digging in beach sand, are Olive Johnson, Violet Radcliffe, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter in a scene still for the 1915 silent s... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | With their backs to the camera, Olive Johnson, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter stand on the shore and look out to sea in this scene still for the 1915... |
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