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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for the silent drama "The Beggar Prince, the Prince of the Island of Desire (played by Sessue Hayakawa) and Olala (Beatrice LaPlante) w... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | German U-boat commander Lieutenant Brandt (played by Wallace Beery) and American Merchant Marine Captain Oscar Krug (Hobart Bosworth) face a crowd of angry... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "Behind the Door," German U-boat commander Lieutenant Brandt (played by Wallace Beery) is being throttled by American... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "Behind the Door," American Merchant Marine Captain Oscar Krug (played by Hobart Bosworth) has been left to drown on ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "Behind the Door," American Merchant Marine Captain Oscar Krug (played by Hobart Bosworth) holds a straight razor in ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | An aspiring actress, Dolly Lane (played by Mary Pickford) longs for the stage but feels trapped on the farm of her husband Steve Hunter (played by James Ki... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The young actress Dolly Lane (played by Mary Pickford) rehearses onstage with a dozen or so other actors in the chorus in a scene still for the silent dra... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Dolly Lane (played by Mary Pickford) and her husband Steve Hunter (James Kirkwood) are in their dining room. Pickford wears an apron over her dress and a m... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | In this scene still for the 1914 silent drama "Behind the Scenes" are, from left to right, Russell Bassett playing the theatrical producer Joe Canby, James... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Richard Armour, played by Elliott Dexter, sits on a park bench by a pond with his brother's wife Lali Armour, played by Mabel Julienne Scott, in a scene st... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Wallace Reid, dressed in white tie and tails, sits on a table and looks sheepish. He is surrounded by men, one without trousers, apparently after a fistfig... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Wallace Reid, wearing jodhpurs and a work shirt, stands in a sherrif's office with a ball and chain attached to his ankle. Behind him is a rolltop desk and... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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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