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Scene Still from The Jazz Singer

Date: 1927
Description: A still from the film The Jazz Singer showing Eugenie Besserer, Al Jolson, and Warner Oland (Warner 1927).
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Scene Still from "The Blot"

Date: 1921
Description: Louis Calhern and Claire Windsor in "The Blot" (Lois Weber Productions).
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Scene still from The Blot

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still from The Blot. Louis Calhern with flowers at the front door with Margaret McWade. (Lois Weber Productions, 1921).
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Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas

Date: 1941
Description: Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas in a publicity still for That Uncertain Feeling (United Artists, 1941).
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Burgess Meredith, Merle Oberon, and Melvyn Douglas

Date: 1941
Description: Burgess Meredith, Merle Oberon, and Melvyn Douglas in a publicity still for That Uncertain Feeling (United Artists, 1941).
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Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa in "The Cheat"

Date: 1915
Description: Dramatic publicity still of Fannie Ward (playing Edith Hardy) and Sessue Hayakawa (as Hishuru Tori) in "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915). Original caption: "Edith ...
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Scene Still from "Young Romance"

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by wealthy hotel guests dressed in formal evening wear, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) learns that the person she is pretending to be...
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Outdoor Scene Still from "Young Romance"

Date: 1915
Description: Held against her will on a desolate island, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) is forced to write her own kidnapping note by Spagnoli (Al Ernest Gar...
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Scene Still from "The Young Rajah"

Date: 1922
Description: The Maharajah of Dharmagar (played by Rudolph Valentino) embraces Molly Cabot (Wanda Hawley) in a scene still from "The Young Rajah" (1922). Valentino wear...
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Publicity Still from "The Young Rajah"

Date: 1922
Description: Rudolph Valentino poses wearing very little but an elaborate breechcloth decorated with pearls for his role as the Maharajah of Dharmagar in "The Young Raj...
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Scene Still from "Yvonne from Paris"

Date: 1919
Description: Yvonne Halbert (played by Mary Miles Minter) and Lawrence Bartlett (Alan Forrest) make pains to ignore each other as they sit side-by-side in the back of a...
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Scene Still from "Your Best Friend"

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. Esther Meyers (played by Vera Gordon) and her son Robert Meyers (Harry Benham) in a scene still from "Your Best Friend" (Rapf 1922).
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Kitchen Scene Still from "Your Best Friend"

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. Esther Meyers (played by Vera Gordon) discovers her son Robert Meyers (Harry Benham) and Aida (Belle Bennett) embracing in the kitchen.
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Scene Still from "Your Best Friend"

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. Esther Meyers (played by Vera Gordon) tries to reconcile her two sons, on the left Robert Meyers (Harry Benham) and on the right Harry Meyers (Stanley...
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Office Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) is in a heated discussion with a police chief or some other authority (played by Morgan Jones) in a scene still from th...
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Store Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) talks to a cheese maker (Justus D. Barnes) in his shop in a scene still from the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The print ...
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Outdoor Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: Hassam Ali (played by James Cruze) is evesdropping from behind a bush on his neice Zudora (Marguerite Snow) and John Storm (Harry Benham) in a scene still ...
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Basement Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: Zudora (played by Marguerite Snow) sits at a table while John Storm (Harry Benham) practices with a semi-automatic pistol in a candlelit basement in a scen...
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Basement Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: In a candlelit basement, John Storm (played by Harry Benham) loads bullets into a pistol magazine in a scene still for the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The ...
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Courtroom Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) slaps a moustached man (Arthur Bauer) with a piece of paper while a judge, witness (John Reinhard, rear right), court c...

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