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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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George Frost and Katharine Hepburn

Date: 1951
Description: Katharine Hepburn having her makeup applied by makeup artist George Frost while on set of the 1951 film "The African Queen." They are on a covered porch.
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair on the outdoor set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is resting her bandaged foot on a megaphone.
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair, getting her foot bandaged by an unknown man on the outdoors set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." A foot cast is next ...
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting next to unknown man while making the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is speaking into a megaphone and has papers, most likely a scr...
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Ida Lupino

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Description: Director Ida Lupino on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is gesturing and talking to an unidentified man. A movie camera is on the right side of t...
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Ida Lupino, Keefe Brasselle and Sally Forest

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino is standing on the left, while actors Keefe Brasselle and Sally Forest are sitting at a table on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear."...
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Ida Lupino and Sally Forest

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Description: Director Ida Lupino is pointing to actor Sally Forest's lip on the set of her 1949 film "Never Fear." An unidentified man, possibly makeup artist James R. ...
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Cafe Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: The crew for the 1938 film "Blockade" are filming a scene in a cafe set. The movie camera is on a crane over a crowd of extras.
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Glynis Johns with Mermaid Tail

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Description: Two women are arranging a mermaid tail over actress Glynis Johns. The latter is in a special bed that is hiding her legs. They are preparing to shoot a sce...
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Googie Withers and Probably Ivy Emmerton

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Description: Actress Googie Withers is having her hair done by an unidentified woman, probably hair stylist Ivy Emmerton, on the set of the 1948 film "Miranda." They ar...
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Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

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Description: Glynis Johns, Griffith Jones, and the film crew on the underwater cave set of the 1948 film "Miranda." The sound stage and a light are set up above a pool ...
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Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson

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Description: Jackie Robinson, his wife Rachel Robinson, and a child, probably their son Jackie Robinson Jr. They are sitting in chairs on a baseball field during the ma...
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Ruby Dee

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Description: Actress Ruby Dee, sitting outdoors, is having her makeup applied by an unidentified man, probably makeup artist Dave Grayson, during the making of the 1950...
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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

Date: 1950
Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson pausing while filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are on a sound stage. In the foregro...
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Scene from the "The Jackie Robinson Story"

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Description: Actors Howard Louis MacNeely and an unidentified man are filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." Jackie Robinson is sitting on a st...
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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are sitting on a bench outdoors. A reflector is on...
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Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson, and Ruby Dee

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Description: Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson and Ruby Dee during the production of the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." Robinson and Dee are in costume, with the...
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Louis Hayward and James Whale

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward and director James Whale during the production of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." Both men are sitting at a table on set, wit...
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Prison Scene from "The Man in the Iron Mask"

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Description: Director James Whale filming a scene from the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." An unidentified actor, possibly Louis Hayward, is wearing the iron mask...

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