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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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Richard Tucker and his Dog

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actor Richard Tucker wears a gray suit and checked cap and has a pipe in his mouth as he pets his dog. Original caption: "Richard Tucker, G...
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Cullen Landis in a Racing Car

Date: 1921
Description: Goldwyn silent film star Cullen Landis behind the wheel of a racing car with 1921 California license plates. Original caption: "Here's Cullen Landis in...
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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 as "Sherlock Holmes"

Date: 1922
Description: Half-length promotional still of John Barrymore playing Sherlock Holmes in a night scene from "Sherlock Holmes' (Goldwyn 1922).
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"Sherlock Holmes" Scene Still

Date: 1922
Description: Billy the pageboy (played by Jerry Devine) talks to Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore), who is stretched out on a sofa smoking a pipe in a scene still from t...
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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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"The Poverty of Riches" Production Still

Date: 1921
Description: The director (Reginald Barker, seated wearing knickers and over-the-calf socks), cameraman cranking a Bell & Howell model 2709 (most probably Percy Hilburn...
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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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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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Lon Chaney and Raymond McKee in a scene still

Date: 1922
Description: In a medical operating room, Robert Sandell (played by Raymond McKee) is shocked by what he has read in the notepad that the Hunchback (Lon Chaney) has giv...

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