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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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Wallace Reid in a publicty still for a western.

Date: 1912
Description: In this publicity still for the silent western "At Cripple Creek," Wallace Reid is in costume for the role of Joe Mayfield. He wears a bandanna for a tie, ...
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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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Scene still with Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland.

Date: 1919
Description: A card dealer watches as Nick Delano (played by Warner Oland) shows Helene (Elsie Ferguson) to the gambling table in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Pla...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche"

Date: 1919
Description: Seated on an antique chest, Elsie Ferguson models a light-colored gown, and beside her is a fur-trimmed watered-silk wrap. The French fashion house Callot ...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Seated on a stool with an elbow resting on a dresser, Elsie Ferguson models a white silk gown in a publicity still for "The Avalanche." The French fashion ...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Standing looking back over her shoulder, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a floor length black silk gown decorated with strings of black beads in...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Posed by a door with her hand on her hip, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a floor length black silk gown decorated with strings of black beads i...

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