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Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth in a publicity still

Date: 1917
Description: In this publicity still for "Betrayed," a 1917 Fox silent drama set in Mexico, the actors Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth pose in costume ag...
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George MacQuarrie and Alice Brady in a scene still

Date: 1917
Description: General George Washington, played by George MacQuarrie, looks on as Betsy Ross (Alice Brady) shows him the American flag she has been sewing. This is a sce...
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Scene still with John Bowers, Alice Brady, and Frank Mayo

Date: 1917
Description: George Washington's aide Joseph Ashburn (played by John Bowers in Revolutionary War uniform) confronts Clarence Vernon (Frank Mayo) who has been hiding in ...
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Scene still with George McQuarrie, Alice Brady, John Bowers, and others

Date: 1917
Description: General George Washington (played by George McQuarrie) examines a document presented by Betsy Ross (Alice Brady). Over her left shoulder, in the role of Jo...
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Scene still with Jack McDonald, David Butler, and Zasu Pitts

Date: 1919
Description: In a scruffy flower garden, Peter Van Alstyne (played by David Butler) and Nancy Scroggs (Zasu Pitts) cast loving eyes at each other while Nancy's father E...
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Scene still with Zasu Pitts and David Butler

Date: 1919
Description: Nancy Scroggs (played by Zasu Pitts) and Peter Van Alstyne (David Butler) flirt in a doorway in a scene still for the silent drama "Better Times."
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Scene still with Lillian Walker, Kathlyn Williams, Irving Cummings, Ben Alexander, Clara Kimball Young, and Elinor Hancock

Date: 1919
Description: During a tea party in an English garden, Little Dick Beverly (played by the child actor Ben Alexander) feeds a piece of cake to the American visitor Charmi...
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Owen Moore and Elsie Janis publicity still

Date: 1915
Description: Owen Moore and Elsie Janis flirt by an orange tree in a publicity still for the silent film "Betty in Search of a Thrill."
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Owen Moore and Elsie Janis publicity still

Date: 1915
Description: Owen Moore and Elsie Janis are seated on the grass with roses at their feet in a publicity still for the silent film "Betty in Search of a Thrill."
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Dorothy Gish publicity still

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity still of Dorothy Gish costumed for the role of Betty Lockwood in the silent drama "Betty of Graystone." She wears a wide bonnet with roses undern...
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Warner Richmond, Owen Moore, Leonore Harris, and Dorothy Gish in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In this scene still for the silent drama "Betty of Graystone," David Lockwood (played by Owen Moore) weds Betty (Dorothy Gish) in a home ceremony with a pr...
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Actors Owen Moore and Dorothy Gish in a roadster

Date: 1916
Description: Owen Moore is behind the wheel of a two-seat open roadster automobile with Dorothy Gish beside him in this scene still for the silent drama "Betty of Grays...
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Olive Thomas scene still for "Betty Takes a Hand"

Date: 1918
Description: Betty Marshall (played by Olive Thomas) masquerades as an old landlady in this scene still for the silent drama "Betty Takes a Hand." She peers quizzically...
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Olive Thomas prays in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: Wearing her nightgown, Betty (played by Olive Thomas) prays beside her bed in a scene still for the silent drama "Betty Takes a Hand."
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Scene still of Fannie Ward in a mine

Date: 1917
Description: Betty Sherwin, played by Fannie Ward with her rock pick in hand, searches her inherited mine for gold in a scene still for the silent comedy "Betty to the ...
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Robert Z. Leonard in uniform in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Robert Z. Leonard costumed as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army in the Civil War, pauses warily by a window in a scene still for the silent drama "Betty'...
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Florence Lawrence medicine show scene still

Date: 1912
Description: In her dreams, the farm cook Betty (played by Florence Lawrence) appears before an enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Indian Cure-All Medicine Show. As she...
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Owen Moore, Florene Lawrence, and two other actors

Date: 1912
Description: The farmer's wife (played by an unidentified actress) and hired hand (Owen Moore) cower as Betty the cook (Florence Lawrence) threatens to dose the wife wi...
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Florence Lawrence and Owen More in a kitchen scene still

Date: 1912
Description: The farm's hired hand John (played by Owen Moore) carefully approaches Betty the cook (Florence Lawrence) who has fallen asleep while peeling a potato in a...
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Scene still with Chester Conklin, Mary Thurman, and Ford Sterling

Date: 1918
Description: Seated around a table in a dining room, Mary Thurman offers a spoonful of peas to Ford Sterling (at right, dressed as a dandy) while Chester Conklin begs f...

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