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Dagmar Godowsky

Date: 12 28 1923
Description: Likely a 1923 Goldwyn production Red Lights publicity portrait of Dagmar Godowsky wearing a beaded headdress.
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"The Poverty Of Riches" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Tom Donaldson (played by John Bowers) is dressing with the help of his wife Grace (Louise Lovely) in a scene still from "The Poverty of Riches" (Goldwyn 19...
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Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, John Noble, and George Hill on the set of Sunshine Alley

Date: 1917
Description: The actors, cameraman, and director discuss the script on location for the silent film "Sunshine Alley" (Goldwyn, 1917). On the right is a Bell & Howell mo...
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Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl"

Date: 1918
Description: Minnie Penelope Peck (played by Mabel Normand) stands on the doorstep of an impoverished house with a traveling bag in her hand.
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Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl"

Date: 1918
Description: Minnie Penelope Peck (played by Mabel Normand) stands in the village street wearing a wooden barrel over the middle of her gingham dress. (Goldwyn 1918)
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John Bowers and Leatrice Joy in "The Ace of Hearts"

Date: 1921
Description: Forrest (played by John Bowers) holds an axe as Lilith (Leatrice Joy) gazes into his face in this scene still from the silent film "The Ace of Hearts." The...
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John Barrymore and Carol Dempster in "Sherlock Holmes"

Date: 1922
Description: Sherlock Holmes (played by John Barrymore) and Alice Faulkner (Carol Dempster) in a night-time scene still for the 1922 silent film version of "Sherlock Ho...
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Publicity Still of Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "This might be a demonstration of a clubby way to sharpen a carving knife, or it might be nothing but a snapshot of Helene Chadwick and R...
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing...
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in a rough wool military coat) warmly embraces Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar) in this scene still from ...
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Scene Still with Cullen Landis, Mary Jane Irving, and Will Rogers

Date: 1919
Description: Will Rogers, playing the school teacher Sam Lyman at right, comforts Cullen Landis and a young Mary Jane Irving in a scene still for "Almost a Husband."
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Scene Still with Ed Brady, Peggy Wood, and Will Rogers

Date: 1919
Description: Zeb Sawyer, a wealthy mule dealer played by Ed Brady, is very interested in Eva McElwyn (Peggy Wood) who sits in a carriage with Sam Lyman (Will Rogers) in...
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Madge Kennedy and Kathryn Adams scene still for "Baby Mine."

Date: 1917
Description: Dressed in their nightgowns, Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) and Aggie (Kathryn Adams) are in twin beds. Kennedy is sitting up and Adams is lying down.
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Frank Morgan and Madge Kennedy Publicity Still for "Baby Mine"

Date: 1917
Description: The actors Frank Morgan and Madge Kennedy embrace in this publicity still for "Baby Mine" (Goldwyn 1917). In the silent film they play Alfred and Zoie, a m...
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Madge Kennedy at a Writing Desk

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still for the 1917 Goldwyn production "Baby Mine," Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) sits at a writing desk and gazes at a photograph of her hus...
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Mabel Normand and Herbert Rawlinson in a scene still.

Date: 1918
Description: In this scene still from the 1918 Goldwyn production "Back to the Woods," Stephanie Trent (played by Mabel Normand) a rich man's daughter pretending to be ...
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Chester Morris and Mae Marsh film still for "The Beloved Traitor"

Date: 1918
Description: Chester Morris and Mae Marsh are seated and looking worried in this scene still for the 1918 Goldwyn silent drama "The Beloved Traitor."
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Mae Marsh and E. K. Lincoln film still for "The Beloved Traitor"

Date: 1918
Description: Mae Marsh embraces E. K. Lincoln in this scene still for the 1918 Goldwyn silent drama "The Beloved Traitor."
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Mary Alden publicity still for "Milestones"

Date: 1920
Description: In this publicity still for the Goldwyn silent drama "Milestones," Mary Alden is in 1860s costume for her role as Rose Sibley.
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Bryant Washburn and Helen Ferguson in Hungry Hearts

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Description: Bryant Washburn stands in a doorway and reaches for Helen Ferguson in a scene from the 1922 film Hungry Hearts. Ferguson has her back to him and is...

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