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William Farnum in "Last of the Duanes"

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and a little girl in a scene still from "Last of the Duanes," a silent film based upon a Zane Grey story (Fox, 1919).
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"The Queen of Sheba" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Betty Blythe as the Queen of Sheba and Fritz Leiber as King Solomon in a still from "The Queen of Sheba," a silent William Fox mega-production of 1921. The...
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"The Queen of Sheba" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Betty Blythe as the Queen of Sheba and Fritz Leiber as King Solomon stand before their thrones and face one another with attendants in the background.
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Theda Bara as Cleopatra

Date: 1917
Description: Theda Bara, stands and rests an arm against a pillar with one hand on the back of a chair, in a production still from the 1917 Fox production of Cleopat...
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Art Acord in Cleopatra

Date: 1917
Description: Art Acord as the Egyptian Kephren from the 1917 Fox production of Cleopatra.
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George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor in a Scene Still from "Sunrise"

Date: 1927
Description: The Man (George O'Brien) suffers with guilt as he remembers his wedding vows, while the Wife (Janet Gaynor) comforts him, in a scene still from "Sunrise: A...
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Publicity Still of Valeska Suratt for the Fox Production The New York Peacock

Date: 1917
Description: Valeska Suratt wears a spider dress and on her head is a webbed hat, proof positive that she is a vamp.
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1917
Description: Valeska Suratt, in a tall dark hat, stares intensely at the camera while holding a vase against her cheek.
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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978). Schnaffner is looking through the viewfinder of a Panaflex camera.
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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978) in a quarter-length portrait taken during production. He wears a dark cap.
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Harry Hilliard and Theda Bara in "Romeo and Juliet"

Date: 1916
Description: Romeo (played by Harry Hilliard), on his knees, clasps Juliet's (Theda Bara) hand in a romantic scene still in the Fox production "Romeo and Juliet" (Fox 1...
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"Night and the City" Lobby Card

Date: 07 25 1950
Description: Lobby card advertising the film "Night and the City" by 20th Century-Fox.
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"Chad Hanna" Lobby Card

Date: 1940
Description: Lobby card advertising the 20th Century-fox film "Chad Hanna."
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"Rio Conchos" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card advertising the 20th Century-Fox film "Rio Conchos."
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Nell Craig in "The Queen of Sheba"

Date: 1921
Description: Nell Craig playing Princess Vashti in the 1921 Fox production "The Queen of Sheba."
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"The Queen of Sheba" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: The Queen of Sheba, played by Betty Blythe, sits in a cart and holds a sword above her head in William Fox's "Queen of Sheba" (1921).
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Evelyn Nesbit in a Scene Still from "The Woman Who Gave"

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Evelyn Nesbit and her son Russell Thaw. Miss Nesbit is now a film star, and in her first production, 'The Woman Who Gave' which she made...
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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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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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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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