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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 "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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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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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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Theda Bara and William B. Davidson in Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: A missionary from New England, Winthrop Stark (played by William B. Davidson), professes his love to Princess Zara (Theda Bara in a grass skirt) on the Sou...
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Antonio Moreno and Edith Storey Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Jack Stanton and Faimeh Fitzgerald (played by Antonio Moreno and Edith Storey) flirt through a screen in a publicity still for "Aladdin from Broadway." The...
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Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Faimeh Fitzgerald (played by Edith Storey) cautions Jack Stanton (Antonio Moreno) as he hangs on the rope of a well in a publicity still for "Aladdin from ...
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Otto Lederer and Edith Storey Scene Still

Date: 1917
Description: Amad (played by Otto Lederer in beard and turban) watches as his wife Faimeh (Edith Storey) threatens to do herself harm with a dagger in a scene still for...
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Antonio Moreno and Edith Storey Scene Still

Date: 1917
Description: Jack Stanton (played by Antonio Moreno) is being married to Faimeh (Edith Storey) in a Turkish ceremony in a scene still from "Aladdin from Broadway." More...
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Scene Still with Madge Evans and Robert Warwick

Date: 1915
Description: Jimmy Valentine (played by Robert Warwick) sleeps on the floor beside the bed of Rose Fay's baby sister (the child actress Madge Evans) in a heavily retouc...
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Publicity Still of Viola Dana and Bert Lytell

Date: 1920
Description: The silent film actors Viola Dana and Bert Lytell, wearing costumes for different productions, knock their coffee cups together in a toast that is apparent...
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Production Still with Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, and Chester Franklin

Date: 1921
Description: Seated on a cushion on the floor, Chester Franklin directs a tender scene with the child actor Mickey Moore (Michael D. Moore) and Mary Miles Minter in a p...
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Scene Still with Cullen Landis, Mary Jane Irving, and Will Rogers

Date: 1919
Description: Will Rogers, playing the school teacher Sam Lyman at right, comforts Cullen Landis and a young Mary Jane Irving in a scene still for "Almost a Husband."
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Enid Markey and Willard Mack Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Enid Markey, in a grass skirt, plays Kalaniweo, the Polynesian chief's daughter. Embracing her is Willard Mack playing David Harmon, a shipwrecked lawyer i...
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"Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley" Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Amarilly Jenkins's family arrives for tea at the mansion of Mrs. Stuyvesant Phillips. From left to right: Mrs. Stuyvesant Phillips (played by Ida Waterman)...
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Wesley Barry and Kate Price in Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Mrs. Americus Jenkins (played by Kate Price) nurses her sick son (Wesley Barry) in a tenement set for the silent film "Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley."
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Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall Publicity Still

Date: 1920
Description: In this publicity still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall are talking outdoors in a rose garden. Both are dressed very fashion...
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Publicity Still with Mack Swain, May Emory, Billy Jacobs and Edgar Kennedy

Date: 1916
Description: In this publicity still for "Ambrose's Cup of Woe," Mack Swain has one arm around May Emory while he shakes hands with Edgar Kennedy. At their feet, wearin...
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Still from "The Show"

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Description: Cock Robin (John Gilbert) stands behind a big cat that is tied to a column. A man sits on a throne with a woman and man sitting on either side of him. An a...
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The Absent-Minded Professor

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Description: Still photograph of Nancy Allen and Fred MacMurray riding through the clouds in his Flubber powered Model T.

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