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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This glamorous scene still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woman of the World."... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This glamorous half-length publicity still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woma... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Pola Negri stands in front of a shiny satin theater curtain and is dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Kathlyn Williams, in a checked winter coat and carrying a suitcase, walks away from two men and a woman on the front steps of a Victorian house in a scene ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Kathlyn Williams grins and holds a letter in this three-quarter length publicity still for the 1914 Selig production "A Woman Laughs." She stands behind a ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Leonora (played by Lina Cavalieri) is the daughter of a poor Italian lacemaker in this scene still from "A Woman of Impulse." She strums a guitar in an imp... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for the silent drama "A Woman of Impulse," Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | In a scene still for "Women's Weapons," Nicolas Elliot (played by Elliot Dexter) sits at his desk looking stunned. His wife Anne Elliot (Ethel Clayton) sit... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In this flirtatious scene still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) holds the hand of ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) stands with his arm around Do... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) stands grinning over the shou... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Donald Mannerby, an English aristocrat (played by Harrison Ford), threatens Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs (Norma Talmadge), the daughter of an American hog f... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Maritana, a gypsy dancing girl played by Estelle Taylor, has her arm around Don Caesar de Bazan (William Farnum) who holds a deck of cards in a scene still... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin, in tuxedo, surrounded by guests in the party scene from "The Adventurer." He is speaking to Marta Golden who holds a feather fan. In the b... |
| Date: | 11 1917 |
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| Description: | In this photo-collage, part of a promotional still from Charlie Chaplin's film "The Adventurer" with an actor wearing a huge false beard and moustache clos... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Anatol Spencer and Vivian his wife (played by Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson) sit on a sofa and look through a photograph album in a scene still from the ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Gloria Swanson stands on a chair with a fishing net in her hand and a fishing basket around her neck as Wallace Reid holds out a flower in a scene still fr... |
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