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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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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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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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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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