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Holmes Herbert and Pearl White in a scene still.

Date: 1922
Description: Philip Gray (played by Holmes Herbert) is intent on seducing Myrtle Hill (Pearl White), the wife of his business associate. They sit together, wearing even...
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Scene still with Franklyn Farnum, Sam de Grasse, and Claire du Brey.

Date: 1917
Description: Theodore Crosby (played by a gleeful Franklyn Farnum) prepares to hit Sir Mortimer Beggs (Sam de Grasse) with a liquor bottle. Sir Mortimer is distracted b...
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Scene still with Sam de Grasse, Marjory Lawrence, Mary St. John, Claire du Brey, Franklyn Farnum, and Frank Tokunaga.

Date: 1917
Description: Scene still for the silent film "Anything Once" with, from left to right, Sam de Grasse (playing Sir Mortimer Beggs), Marjory Lawrence (Dorothy Stuart), Ma...
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Scene still with Robert Elliot, Dorothy Dalton, Alice Gale, and others.

Date: 1919
Description: This outdoor scene still with the actors Robert Elliot, Dorothy Dalton, and Alice Gale in the foreground was made for the Thomas H. Ince production "L'Apac...
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May Allison in a scene still for "Are All Men Alike?"

Date: 1920
Description: Theodora "Teddy" Hayden (played by May Allison) works on an oil painting with palette in hand in a scene still for the 1920 Metro silent film "Are All Men ...
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Ethel Gray Terry and Earle Williams in a publicity still for "Arsene Lupin."

Date: 1917
Description: Ethel Gray Terry and Earle Williams embrace in a publicity still for the 1917 Vitagraph film "Arsene Lupin."
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Earle Williams in a publicity still for "Arsene Lupin."

Date: 1917
Description: Earle Williams wears a white tie and tails for the title role in "Arsene Lupin."
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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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