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Bert Williams

Date: 1921
Description: White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams.
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Dagmar Godowsky

Date: 12 28 1923
Description: Likely a 1923 Goldwyn production Red Lights publicity portrait of Dagmar Godowsky wearing a beaded headdress.
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Herbert Biberman

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Description: Herbert Biberman, one of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten who were jailed for failure to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee about Communist...
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Barbary Coast Cast, production still

Date: 1935
Description: The cast of Barbary Coast pose on the set. In the back from left to right are: Samuel Goldwyn and Howard Hawks. In front from left to right are Miri...
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Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber

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Description: Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire.
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Richard Barthelmess as a Boy

Date: 1906
Description: Richard Barthelmess, the future actor, is about 12-years-old in this studio portrait. He is dressed as a soldier, probably one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough R...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1907
Description: Valeska Suratt's early fame was for her elaborate costumes, wasp waist, ample bosom and hips. She appeared in the 1906 musical The Belle of Mayfair ...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1906
Description: An early waist-up publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt sitting on a chair. She wears an intricate lace dress and a large hat covered with feathers.
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Valeska Suratt

Date: 1906
Description: An early full-length publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt in an interesting pose: arms straight out, palms down, as if she were warming by a fire. She wear...
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Portrait of Billie Burke

Date: 1909
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1909 Broadway comedy Love Watches. This Sarony Studio portrait is a s...
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Portrait of a young Billie Burke

Date: 1903
Description: Head and shoulders publicity portrait of Billie Burke resting her cheek on her hand. She wears long white gloves and a large lacy white hat. Published as a...
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W.C. Fields in "Poppy"

Date: 1923
Description: W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats.
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978). Schnaffner is looking through the viewfinder of a Panaflex camera.
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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978) in a quarter-length portrait taken during production. He wears a dark cap.
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Dorothy Jardon in "The Merry-Go-Round"

Date: 1908
Description: Dorothy Jardon in a White Studio publicity photograph for her first Broadway appearance, the musical comedy "The Merry-Go-Round," which opened at the Circl...
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John Gilbert as a Baby with His Mother

Date: 1898
Description: Actor John Gilbert as a baby with his mother. She is lying on the floor on her stomach, resting on her elbows with her head up. Her knees are bent and her ...
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John Gilbert's Publicity Still for "The Show"

Date: 1927
Description: Publicity still for the film "The Show." John Gilbert is seen in profile — he is wearing a hat, striped shirt, and a scarf around his neck.
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Publicity Still of John Gilbert in "The Cossacks"

Date: 1928
Description: Publicity still of actor John Gilbert in "The Cossacks." He is looking towards the left and smiling, and is wearing a big bushy hat and holding a gun at hi...
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John Gilbert and Virginia Bruce

Date: 05 30 1932
Description: Three-quarter length portrais of actor John Gilbert and his fiancée Virginia Bruce. Both are smiling — he is looking at her and she is looking at the camer...

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