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D. W. Griffith Examining Film

Date: 1918
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 ...
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Publicity Portrait of Ramon Novarro in Character

Date: 1922
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...
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Full-length Publicity Portrait of Vola Vale

Date: 1917
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...
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Olive Thomas and Pekinese Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Triangle films star Olive Thomas wearing a light-colored suit and holding a Pekinese dog under her arm.
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Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile

Date: 1916
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....
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"The Intrusion of Isabel" Scene Still

Date: 1919
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...
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John Barrymore and Carol Dempster in "Sherlock Holmes"

Date: 1922
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...
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Gloria Swanson Publicity Still

Date: 1918
Description: Gloria Swanson backstage handling a Kliegl electric spotlight. She wears a plaid skirt and jacket.
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Mary Miles Minter and her Mother

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film actress Mary Miles Minter, her dog, and her mother Charlotte Shelby at the beach under an umbrella.
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Marion Davies

Date: 1922
Description: Head and shoulders publicity photograph of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the silent film "The Young Diana" (1922).
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Publicity Still of Bert Lytell

Date: 1920
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...
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Dorothy Gish publicity still

Date: 1916
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...

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