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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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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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Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien in "Sunrise."

Date: 1927
Description: The Wife (Janet Gaynor) flees from the Man (George O'Brien) after he has tried to kill her, in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Fox, 1927).
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Scene Still from The Twins of Suffering Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Scene still with William Russell as Bill Lark and Louise Lovely as Little Casino seated at a poker table in the 1920 Fox production The Twins of Sufferi...
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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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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 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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Pearl White and her Father

Date: 1920
Description: Silent film actress Pearl White outdoors with her father Edgar White.
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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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Scene Still with Estelle Taylor and William Farnum

Date: 1920
Description: Maritana, a gypsy dancing girl played by Estelle Taylor, has her arm around Don Caesar de Bazan (William Farnum) who holds a deck of cards in a scene still...
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Al St. John in Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Al St. John (at right) and two other actors in a publicity still for "The Alarm," a William Fox production from 1922.
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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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Holmes Herbert and Pearl White in a scene still.

Date: 1922
Description: Philip Gray (played by Holmes Herbert) is intent on seducing Myrtle Hill (Pearl White), the wife of his business associate. They sit together, wearing even...
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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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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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Louis Haines, Pearl White, and Arthur Gordini in a scene still

Date: 1921
Description: Sally Marrio (played by Pearl White) appears to be falling with a rake end poker in her hand as the banker J. Peter Weathersby (Louis Haines) watches from ...

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