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Publicity still with Joseph Kilgour, Betty Compson, and Casson Ferguson.

Date: 1921
Description: The banker William Blane (played by Joseph Kilgour) is standing with clenched fists watching his wife Cherry O'Day (Betty Compson) in the embrace of Harvey...
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Billie Burke and thugs in a scene still for "Away Goes Prudence."

Date: 1920
Description: Sitting on a table in a filthy cellar, Prudence Thorne (played by Billie Burke) compares knives with a Chinaman as four other thugs watch in a scene still ...
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Scene still with Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland.

Date: 1919
Description: A card dealer watches as Nick Delano (played by Warner Oland) shows Helene (Elsie Ferguson) to the gambling table in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Pla...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Seated on a stool with an elbow resting on a dresser, Elsie Ferguson models a white silk gown in a publicity still for "The Avalanche." The French fashion ...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Seated on the carpeted floor, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a Japanese-style loose robe trimmed with fur in a publicity still for "The Avalanc...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Standing looking back over her shoulder, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a floor length black silk gown decorated with strings of black beads in...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Posed by a door with her hand on her hip, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a floor length black silk gown decorated with strings of black beads i...
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Thomas Meighan scene still for "Back Home and Broke"

Date: 1922
Description: Dressed in the clothes of a roughneck (chambray shirt, corduroy pants, high lace-up boots), Tom Redding (played by Thomas Meighan) works on an oil rig and ...
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Bruce Guerin, Leatrice Joy, and Thomas Meighan in a scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Tucked in bed, the orphaned baby Toodles (played by Bruce Guerin) is attended by Sally Lockwood (Leatrice Joy) who is the secretary of Richard Chester (Tho...
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Scene still with Elliott Dexter and Mabel Julienne Scott in a park

Date: 1920
Description: Richard Armour, played by Elliott Dexter, sits on a park bench by a pond with his brother's wife Lali Armour, played by Mabel Julienne Scott, in a scene st...
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Scene still with Elliot Dexter and Mabel Julienne Scott

Date: 1920
Description: Richard Armour, played by Elliott Dexter, sits reading a book to a child who is out of the frame as his brother's wife Lali Armour, a half-breed Indian, pl...
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Scene still with Milton Sills and Mabel Julienne Scott in a child's bedroom

Date: 1920
Description: Frank Armour (played by Milton Sills) and his wife Lali (Mabel Julienne Scott) stand on either side of their sleeping child's bed in a scene still for the ...
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Rudolph Valentino at the piano

Date: 1922
Description: Lord Hector Bracondale (played by Rudolph Valentino) sits in a reverie at a piano as a butler delivers a letter on a salver in a scene still for the silent...
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Gloria Swanson rescued by Rudolph Valentino, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Gloria Swanson (as Theodora Fitzgerald) is carried in the arms of Rudolph Valentino (Lord Hector Bracondale) in her rescue from a snowy mountain ledge in a...
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Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in a garden, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Lord Hector Bracondale, played by Rudolph Valentino, approaches Theodora Fitzgerald (Gloria Swanson) by a gate in a garden wall covered with camellias. The...
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Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino seated in a garden, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Fighting tears, Theodora Fitzgerald (played by Gloria Swanson) looks away from Lord Hector Bracondale (Rudolph Valentino) who stares at her with deep feeli...
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Goria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and a handkerchief, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Theodora Fitzgerald (played by Gloria Swanson) looks into the eyes of Lord Hector Bracondale (Rudolph Valentino) who is returning her handkerchief in a sce...
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Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, and Gertrude Astor, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Lord Hector Bracondale (played by Rudolph Valentino) has a heart to heart talk with his mother Lady Bracondale (Edythe Chapman) as Morella Winmarleigh (Ger...
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Mabel Van Buren and Rudolf Valentino, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Mabel Van Buren (as Mrs. McBride) and Rudolf Valentino (Lord Hector Bracondale) sit side by side in a scene still for the silent drama "Beyond the Rocks."
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Gloria Swanson, Alec B. Francis, and Rudolph Valentino, scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Theodora Fitzgerald and her father Captain Fitzgerald (played by Gloria Swanson and Alec B. Francis) talk to Lord Hector Bracondale (Rudolf Valentino) in a...

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