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| Date: | 01 02 1923 |
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| Description: | Director D. W. Griffith greets actress Mae Marsh by tipping his hat. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Production still of D. W. Griffith in the editing room examining a piece of film. Original caption: "Mr. Griffith and his cutter at work on Hearts of ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Publicity portrait of Ramon Novarro in costume for the role of Rupert of Hentzau in The Prisoner of Zenda (MGM 1922). Novarro autographed this Hoove... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Silent film actress Vola Vale wearing a polka dot dress and dark straw hat in a portrait by the Hartsook Studio. She inscribed it to the editor and publish... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Triangle films star Olive Thomas wearing a light-colored suit and holding a Pekinese dog under her arm. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat leaning over the engine of a Stutz Bearcat roadster. Original caption: "D--n that carburetor.... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Scene still from the American Film Co. silent film "The Intrusion of Isabel," featuring Alan Forrest (playing Jack Craig) and Mary Miles Minter (playing Is... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Gloria Swanson backstage handling a Kliegl electric spotlight. She wears a plaid skirt and jacket. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Sarah McLean Kerrigan and her son the silent film actor J. Warren Kerrigan. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Silent film actress Mary Miles Minter, her dog, and her mother Charlotte Shelby at the beach under an umbrella. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Silent film actor Bryant Washburn and his wife the actress Mabel Forrest sit on a wicker sofa with their sons Bryant Washburn, Jr. (in a sailor suit) and D... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders publicity photograph of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the silent film "The Young Diana" (1922). |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bert Lytell poses in a prisoner's striped uniform in a publicity still for the silent film "Alias Jimmy Valentine" (Metro 1920). A dramatic shaft of light ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bert Lytell, his face illuminated by a small spotlight, poses in a prisoner's striped uniform in a publicity still for the silent film "Alias Jimmy Valenti... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | With a cold and calculating look on her face, Hope Merrill, played by Mabel Taliaferro, fondles a engagement or wedding ring on her finger in a scene still... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Publicity still of Dorothy Gish costumed for the role of Betty Lockwood in the silent drama "Betty of Graystone." She wears a wide bonnet with roses undern... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders studio publicity portrait of silent film star Antonio Moreno in a narrow herringbone worsted wool coat and waistcoat, dark necktie, and ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Lubin leading lady Lottie Briscoe sits at a writing desk in a publicity still. She wears a white lace overdress and a beaded Juliet cap. |
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