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"The Bridges at Toko-Ri"

Date: 1954
Description: Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot...
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Gertrude Lawrence and Charles Rugges in "The Battle of Paris"

Date: 1929
Description: Georgie (played by Gertrude Lawrence), clutching sheet music, leans in close to Zisi who holds an accordion (Charles Ruggles) in a scene from the Paramount...
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Rudy Vallee with baton

Date: 1929
Description: Rudy Vallee conducts musicians as a woman sings in "Glorifying the American Girl," a Paramount musical from 1929.
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Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres in The Sheik

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still of Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres in The Sheik. (Paramount 1921).
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Richard Barthelmess Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess. On the back is stamped: Marguerite Clark in "Bab's Burglar" a Parmount Picture. Barthelmess appeared in tha...
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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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George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1961
Description: George Peppard (playing Paul Varjak) leans over the back in which lies Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) in a publicity still for "Breakfast at Tiffany's...
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Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief"

Date: 1955
Description: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly are cheek to cheek in this close-up publicity still for "To Catch a Thief" (Paramount 1955).
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Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in "Sabrina"

Date: 1954
Description: Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn are about to kiss in a publicity still for "Sabrina" (Paramount 1954).
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Emil Jannings Exercising

Date: 1927
Description: The famous German actor Emil Jannings is on the roof of his California home posing on a rowing machine. The original caption stamped on the back of the pri...
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Paramount Pictures studio portrait of Emil Jannings in coat and tie with a cigar in his mouth.
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Close-up, low-key publicity portrait of Emil Jannings in shirt and tie holding a cigar to his mouth.
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Charles Ray in "The Sheriff's Son"

Date: 1919
Description: Royal Beaudry (played by Charles Ray) peers cautious from the open door of a rough stone building with a revolver in his hand in a scene still from "The Sh...
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Eve Arden Publicity Still

Date: 1938
Description: Publicity still of actress Eve Arden, wearing a fur coat. Caption reads: Different - is the word for this smart hairdress worn by Eve Arden, in Paramount's...
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"Sic 'Em, Sam" Promotional Still

Date: 1918
Description: Democracy (played by Douglas Fairbanks) punches Prussianism (Bull Montana) on the jaw in a promotional still from "Sic 'Em, Sam" a short silent film made f...
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Wallace Reid, Dorothy Davenport, and their Son

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Wallace Reid, Paramount star, his wife, formerly Dorothy Davenport, and their son William Wallace Reid Jr., otherwise known as Bill, at ...
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Joseph Theodore Swanson and Gloria Swanson

Date: 1923
Description: Original caption: "Gloria Swanson, Paramount star and her father Capt. Joseph T. Swanson, U.S. Army."
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Gloria Swanson and Joseph Theodore Swanson

Date: 1923
Description: Silent film star Gloria Swanson and her father U.S. Army Captain Joseph T. Swanson.
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Paramount's 1926 Honor Roll

Date: 1926
Description: Original caption: "'That's where our names will be next time,'is the solemn vow of this group of Paramount players and directors before the company's 1926 ...
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Scene Still from "The Young Rajah"

Date: 1922
Description: The Maharajah of Dharmagar (played by Rudolph Valentino) embraces Molly Cabot (Wanda Hawley) in a scene still from "The Young Rajah" (1922). Valentino wear...

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