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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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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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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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Pearl White and a White Duck

Date: 1919
Description: Silent film star Pearl White holding a white duck. Original caption: "William Fox presents Pearl White in Photo Plays Supreme released through Fox Film...
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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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"The Daughter of the Gods" Production Still

Date: 1916
Description: From left to right: Cameraman J. Roy Hunt with a Pathé camera, Annette Kellerman (seated), and director Herbert Brenon pointing to a caravan scene in the v...
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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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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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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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Virginia Pearson and Irving Cummings

Date: 1917
Description: Roma Winnet and Bob Lawson (played by Virginia Pearson and Irving Cummings) embrace in a scene still from "Wrath of Love."
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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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Francis Carpenter in Scene Still

Date: 1917
Description: The six year old child actor Francis Carpenter, as Aladdin, holds the lamp and looks up in a scene still from the 1917 William Fox production "Aladdin and ...
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Jane Lee and Katherine Lee in a scene still.

Date: 1918
Description: The child actors Jane Lee and her sister Katherine divide a man's pajama top and bottom between them in a cute scene still for "American Buds."
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Scene still with Francis Carpenter, Herschel Mayall, and Virginia Lee Corbin.

Date: 1917
Description: John Hamilton (played by Herschel Mayall) sits on a couch with two children: Roland, who is in a sailor suit, played by Francis Carpenter and Rose, who is ...
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Scene still with Anna Luther and George Walsh

Date: 1916
Description: Mildred Manning (played by Anna Luther) kisses ranch owner Del Burton (George Walsh) in a scene still for "The Beast" (Fox 1916).
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Publicity still of Theda Bara

Date: 1918
Description: In this publicity still for the 1918 Fox silent drama "The She-Devil," Theda Bara poses outdoors with cherries hanging from her lips and four giant pom-pom...
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Theda Bara and another actor in a scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Lolette, the Spanish peasant girl (played by Theda Bara) uses a knife to defend herself from a middle aged man in a scene still for the silent drama "The S...
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Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth in a publicity still

Date: 1917
Description: In this publicity still for "Betrayed," a 1917 Fox silent drama set in Mexico, the actors Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth pose in costume ag...

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