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John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro

Date: 1926
Description: Actors John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro compare their moustaches. Gilbert is in costume.
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 01 1927
Description: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho...
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"The Cheat" Movie Still

Date: 1915
Description: A menacing Sessu Hayakawa looms over a terrified Fannie Ward in a scene from the silent film "The Cheat" (Paramount 1915). In the upper right hand corner, ...
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Helen Gibson publicity still for the "Hazards of Helen"

Date: 1915
Description: Helen Gibson stars in one of the "Hazards of Helen" films. She sits at a desk holding the receiver of a candlestick telephone to her ear.
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Chris Farley in Black Sheep

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Description: Chris Farley's character in the movie Black Sheep enthusiastically offers a political button to a man and a woman. They are standing in a parking lo...
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Louis Hayward

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward in costume having his hair prepared by an unidentified woman on the set of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." Behind them are ta...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Dancers taking a curtain call on stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." The orchestra is in a pit in front of the stage, and two men and two women ar...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: A man with a guitar is standing on the stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." He is looking up at a woman standing on a balcony above him. The orches...
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Chorus Girls in the Film "Alibi"

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Description: Chorus girls standing on stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." Each dancer is standing on one leg with the other leg bent at the knee. The orchestra...
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Clara Kimball Young in "The Common Law"

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Description: Valerie West (Clara Kimball Young) posing nude for Neville (Conway Tearle) in the 1916 film "The Common Law." Neville is standing on a platform in front of...
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"Phantom of Chinatown"

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Description: A group of people are standing and looking down at Dr. John Benton who has collapsed and is laying on the floor in a scene from the 1940 film "Phantom of C...
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Scene from "Ham and Eggs at the Front"

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Description: Cally Brown (Louise Fazenda) and Ham (Tom Wilson) sit next to each other on a small sofa in a scene from the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front". They ar...
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Still from "Three Weeks"

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Description: The Queen (Aileen Pringle) looks at Paul Verdayne (Conrad Nagel) as he kneels next to her chair in a scene from the 1924 film "Three Weeks". His head is be...
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Scene from "Three Weeks"

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Description: Paul Verdayne (Conrad Nagel) embraces the Queen (Aileen Pringle) from behind in a scene from the 1924 film "Three Weeks". He kisses her forehead as she lea...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Prince Gabriel (Marc McDermott) kisses the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) as Dagmar (Wanda Hawley) kneels beside her and looks on in a scene from...
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On the set of "The Only Thing"

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Description: Director Jack Conway and screenwriter Elinor Glyn talk to Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel on the set of the 1925 film "The Only Thing". The four stand un...
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Warner Baxter and Billie Dove in The Air Mail

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Description: Warner Baxter and Billie Dove stand in front of an airplane in a scene from the 1925 film The Air Mail. They are in a half-embrace and both have an arm up...
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Dolores del Rio in "Ramona"

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Description: Dolores del Rio appears as the title character in the 1928 film "Ramona". She wears a dress, a crucifix around her neck, and long braids while sitting nex...
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George Seitz and Bruce Cabot on the set of "The Last of the Mohicans"

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Description: Bruce Cabot, dressed as Magua, talks with director George B. Seitz on the set of the 1936 film "The Last of the Mohicans". The men stand n front of a larg...
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Scene from "Camille"

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Description: Scene from the 1926 film "Camille" starring Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland. Roland sits on a couch and recoils as Talmadge, who is kneeling in front of...

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