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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 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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Laboratory Scene Still from "The Young Diana"

Date: 1922
Description: A scene still set in Doctor Demetrius's laboratory from the silent film "The Young Diana." Diana May (played by Marion Davies) has just been rejuvenated by...
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Clara Kimball Young and Edwin August

Date: 1916
Description: Sonia Sokoloff (played by Clara Kimball Young) in a flowing white gown is seated while Adolph Rosenheimer (Edwin August) is on one knee hanging onto the ar...
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Joe Ray and Blanche Ring

Date: 1915
Description: Blanche Ring in riding clothes (playing Jessie Gordon) and, probably, Joe Ray (as Ramon Morales) in "The Yankee Girl" (1915).
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Norma Talmadge and Lowell Sherman Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Margaret Vane (played by Norma Talmadge) has coffee with Paul Derreck (Lowell Sherman) in an exclusive hunting club in a scene still from "Yes or No" (1920...
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Enid Markey, Fritz von Hardenberg, and George Walsh

Date: 1917
Description: Princess Alexia (played by Enid Markey in an elaborately decorated dress and wearing a crown) marches arm in arm with Dick Mason (George Walsh) in a scene ...
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing...
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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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Georges Carpentier and Flora le Breton

Date: 1922
Description: Georges Carpentier lightly touches the hand of Flora le Breton who curtsies deeply in this scene still for "A Gypsy Cavalier." They are costumed in 18th ce...
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Scene Still with Estelle Taylor and William Farnum

Date: 1920
Description: Maritana, a gypsy dancing girl played by Estelle Taylor, and Don Caesar de Bazan (William Farnum) are rather joyful in a scene still from the 1920 Fox prod...
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Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, and Charlie Chaplin

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still from Chaplin's 1917 silent film "The Adventurer," Eric Campbell, made-up with large eyebrows, beard, and moustache, closely scrutinizes...
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Bebe Daniels and Wallace Reid

Date: 1921
Description: In this scene still from Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 production "The Affairs of Anatol," Satan Synne (the wickedest woman in New York, played by Bebe Daniels) ...
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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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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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Publicity Still of Bert Lytell

Date: 1920
Description: Bert Lytell poses in a prisoner's striped uniform in a publicity still for the silent film "Alias Jimmy Valentine" (Metro 1920). A dramatic shaft of light ...

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