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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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Helen Gibson publicity still for the "Hazards of Helen"

Date: 1915
Description: Helen Gibson stars in one of the "Hazards of Helen" films. She sits at a desk holding the receiver of a candlestick telephone to her ear.
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Edith Taliaferro and Florence Dagmar in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Nellie Nolan (left, played by Edith Taliaferro) and her friend Lou (Florence Dagmar) conspire to make Nellie appear to be the well-traveled heiress Ethel V...
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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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Hotel Lobby Scene Still from "Young Romance"

Date: 1915
Description: Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) signs the register of an expensive resort hotel under the assumed name Ethel Van Dusen in a scene still from "You...
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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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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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Harrison Ford and Vivian Martin in a Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lieutenant Eric Burgess, a U.S. Army aviator played by Harrison Ford, sits on the edge of a well with Marty Mackenzie (Vivian Martin) in a scene still from...
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Alec B. Francis and Clara Kimball Young

Date: 1916
Description: Clara Kimball Young (playing Sonia Sokoloff) and two other actors in a scene still from "The Yellow Passport" (1916). The bearded man may be Sonia's uncle ...
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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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Clara Kimball Young, John St. Polis, and Edwin August

Date: 1916
Description: Sonia Sokoloff (played by Clara Kimball Young in a flowing white gown) shrinks back in alarm as Fedia (John St. Polis) receives a terrific right punch to t...
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Clara Kimball Young and John St. Polis

Date: 1916
Description: Sonia Sokoloff (played by Clara Kimball Young) stands in a doorway and gestures toward a bedroom to two police officers. The officer with his head thrown b...
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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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Fritz von Hardenberg, Enid Markey, George Walsh, and Edward Cecil

Date: 1917
Description: Dick Mason (played by George Walsh) confronts the corrupt, monocle-wearing Count Vortsky (Edward Cecil) as Princess Alexia (Enid Markey) and Baron Maravitc...

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