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"The Kiss" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Luise D'Auvergne (Marguerite Courtot) and Jean-Marie (Owen Moore) board a seaplane in a production still from the Famous Players film "The Kiss."
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"The Kiss" Production Still

Date: 1916
Description: Jean-Marie (Owen Moore) kisses Luise D'Auvergne (Marguerite Courtot) in a still from the Famous Players film "The Kiss."
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil...
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Rudolph Valentino and Nita Naldi in a Scene Still from Blood and Sand

Date: 1922
Description: Juan Gallardo (played by Rudolph Valentino) plays the lute for Doña Sol de Guevara (Nita Naldi) in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sa...
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Nita Naldi and Rudolph Valentino in a Scene Still from Blood and Sand

Date: 1922
Description: Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) plays the harp for Juan Gallardo (Rudolph Valentino) in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sa...
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Margaret Loomis and Wallace Reid in Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Camilla Joyt finds Perry Dayton on her doorstep (played by Margaret Loomis and Wallace Reid). Reid's character has returned from being shanghaied on a Paci...
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J. Peverell Marley, Cecil B. DeMille, and Camera

Date: 1922
Description: J. Peverell Marley, cameraman (left), and Cecil B. DeMille, director (right), pose beside a Pathé motion picture camera mounted on a large tripod. An unide...
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Rudolph Valentino and Rosa Rosanova

Date: 1922
Description: Rudolph Valentino puts his arm around Rosa Rosanova in a publicity still for the silent drama Blood and Sand.
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"An Innocent Adventuress" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Vivian Martin (playing Lindy) confronts Togo the dog whom she has caught washing a toddler (or perhaps a doll) in a washtub in "An Innocent Adventuress" (L...
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"Alias, Mike Moran" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Larry Young (played by Wallace Reid in the uniform of a sergeant in the Canadian army) embraces Elaine Debaux (Ann Little in a nurse's cape) in a scene sti...
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"A Daughter of the Wolf" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Snowy outdoor location scene still from the 1919 Famous Players silent film "A Daughter of the Wolf," featuring Lila Lee (playing Annette Ainsworth) and Cl...
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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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Maurice Lefty Flynn and Dorothy Dalton

Date: 1922
Description: Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) holds a revolver on Jock MacKeinney (Maurice "Lefty" Flynn) in a publicity still from "The Woman Who Walked Alone...
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Jack Holt and Katherine MacDonald in a Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle and a mean look) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) in a scene still ...
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Jack Holt and Katherine MacDonald in a Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt) aggressively grasps the wrist of Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald) in a scene still from "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." They ...
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Jack Holt, Katherine MacDonald, and Two Actresses in Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) who is looking miserable in a sce...
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Katherine MacDonald and Milton Sills in Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Mary MacNeill (played by Katherine MacDonald) holds the hand of Martin Conrad (Milton Sills) and looks lovingly at his face. They are outdoors in a garden ...
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Publicity Portrait of Rudolph Valentino

Date: 1922
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Rudolph Valentino dressed as the matador Juan Gallardo in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sand.
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Elliott Dexter and Ethel Clayton

Date: 1918
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...
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Elliott Dexter and Julia Faye in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: A caveman (played by Elliott Dexter) has defeated a rival and thus wins the interest of the Mischevous One, a young cavewoman played by Julia Faye in this ...

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