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Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely in "Johnny on the Spot"

Date: 1919
Description: Scene still from "Johnny on the Spot" with Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely (Metro, 1919).
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"Sirens of the Sea" Scene Still

Date: 1917
Description: Jack Mulhall and Louise Lovely meet on a beach surrounded by young women wearing bathing costumes composed mostly of seaweed in "Sirens of the Sea" (Univer...
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The Wedding at Cana, a Scene From "Intolerance"

Date: 1916
Description: A crowded scene still from "Intolerance": Christ at the wedding at Cana with Howard Gaye as Christ, and with Bessie Love and George Walsh as the bride and ...
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Production Still from The Immigrant

Date: 1917
Description: The huge waiter (played by Eric Campbell) glowers at the immigrant (Charlie Chaplin). To the right are Edna Purviance playing another immigrant and Henry B...
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Traffic in Souls Scene Still

Date: 1913
Description: The characters Lorna Barton (played by Ethel Grandin) and Bill Bradshaw (William Cavanaugh) in a cafe scene from Traffic in Souls (1913, IMP).
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Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa in "The Cheat"

Date: 1915
Description: Dramatic publicity still of Fannie Ward (playing Edith Hardy) and Sessue Hayakawa (as Hishuru Tori) in "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915). Original caption: "Edith ...
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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity photograph by Gerald Carpenter of Los Angeles. Three-quarter length portrait of Valeska Suratt wearing a white fur suit, hat, and muffler as she ...
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Valeska Suratt

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt wearing a white fur suit, hat, and muffler as she sits on a black bear rug.
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Mack Sennett Comedy scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Scene still on the set of a Mack Sennett Comedy, probably Those Athletic Girls of 1918. Louise Fazenda does a Russian dance. To the left of her is P...
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Scene Still with Mary Maurice, John Bunny, Julia Swayne Gordon, and Helen Gardner

Date: 1911
Description: Scene still from the Vitagraph production Treasure Trove. Left to right are Mary Maurice, John Bunny, Julia Swayne Gordon, and Helen Gardner. John B...
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Scene Still with William Shea, John Bunny, Wallace Reid, Marshall P. Wilder, and Leah Baird

Date: 1912
Description: Heavily retouched scene still from the 1912 Vitagraph production Chumps. Left to right: William Shea, John Bunny, Wallace Reid, Marshall P. Wilder, ...
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Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad

Date: 1919
Description: Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad outside having a conversation. Burke has on athletic wear, bloomers and a sweater. This picture may have been...
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Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith

Date: 02 1919
Description: Four of the founders of United Artists, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith.
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Valda Valkyrien and Frederick Warde

Date: 1916
Description: A scene still of Valda Valkyrien playing a young girl, possibly in the 1916 Thanhouser production of Silas Marner. If that is correct, the older act...
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Lucian Muratire, Lina Cavalieri, and William de Mille

Date: 1919
Description: The opera stars Lucian Muratire, French tenor, and his wife Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano, visit film director William de Mille who is posed with a Bell ...
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Constance Collier, her Maid, and a Puppy

Date: 1916
Description: English Shakespearian and Broadway actress Constance Collier checks her makeup in a small mirror held by her maid. Collier holds a puppy.
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William Farnum and his Dog

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and his dog at his home in Hollywood.
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Cullen Landis and a Bulldog

Date: 1918
Description: Cullen Landis, an actor in many Paramount and Goldwyn silent films, posed with a bulldog and a pipe.
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Earle Williams and an Ameican Staffordshire Bull Terrier on the Golf Course

Date: 1918
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Earle Williams is posed as though he's about to drive a golf ball and a bull terrier is posed as though he's about to chase it.

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