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Mary Pickford and James Kirkwood in a scene still for "Behind the Scenes"

Date: 1914
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...
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Russell Bassett, James Kirkwood, and Mary Pickford in a scene still

Date: 1914
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...
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Scene still with Elliott Dexter and Mabel Julienne Scott in a park

Date: 1920
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...
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Scene still with Elliot Dexter and Mabel Julienne Scott

Date: 1920
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...
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Scene still with Milton Sills and Mabel Julienne Scott in a child's bedroom

Date: 1920
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 ...
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Scene still with Lottie Briscoe in bed

Date: 1915
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."
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Wallace Reid and Nine other Actors in a Scene Still

Date: 1918
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...
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Wallace Reid as a prisoner in a scene still

Date: 1918
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...
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Raymond Bloomer, Marion Davies, and five other actors in a scene still

Date: 1919
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...
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Publicity still of Theda Bara

Date: 1918
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...
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Publicity still of Charles Jones, also known as Buck Jones

Date: 1922
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...
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Lottie Briscoe wearing western wear in a publicity still

Date: 1914
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.
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Clarence Kolb and Max Dill in a scene still for "Beloved Rogues"

Date: 1917
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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Clarence Kolb and Max Dill in a full length scene still for "Beloved Rogues"

Date: 1917
Description: Louie Vanderiff (played by Clarence Kolb at left) and Mike Amsterdammer (Max Dill) pose in street clothes in a scene still for the 1917 silent comedy "Belo...
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Chester Morris and Mae Marsh film still for "The Beloved Traitor"

Date: 1918
Description: Chester Morris and Mae Marsh are seated and looking worried in this scene still for the 1918 Goldwyn silent drama "The Beloved Traitor."
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Mae Marsh and E. K. Lincoln film still for "The Beloved Traitor"

Date: 1918
Description: Mae Marsh embraces E. K. Lincoln in this scene still for the 1918 Goldwyn silent drama "The Beloved Traitor."
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Hobart Bosworth and a deep sea diver in a publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: In a hardhat diving suit, actor Hobart Bosworth shakes hands with a professional diver in a publicity still for the 1920 silent drama "Below the Surface."
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Scene still with Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston

Date: 1916
Description: Ben Blair (played by Dustin Farnum in cowboy costume) has a picnic on the ground with Florence Winthrop (Winifred Kingston, wearing a corduroy riding suit)...
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Theda Bara and another actor in a scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Lolette, the Spanish peasant girl (played by Theda Bara) uses a knife to defend herself from a middle aged man in a scene still for the silent drama "The S...
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Weber and Fields and a butler in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Joe Weber, left, watches as Lew Fields hands a butler his overcoat in a publicity still used to promote the 1915 Keystone comedy "The Best of Enemies."

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