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Fred MacMurray as a Boy

Date: 1915
Description: Fred MacMurray, on the right, as a young boy outdoors in winter with his friend Randall McKinstry.
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"The Cheat"

Date: 1915
Description: A scene still from "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915) showing Hishuru Tori, played by Sessue Hayakawa, preparing to brand Edith Hardy (Fannie Ward) on the back of h...
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Scene Still from A Girl of Yesterday

Date: 1915
Description: Donald Crisp, aviator Glenn Martin, and Mary Pickford in the 1915 silent comedy A Girl of Yesterday (Famous Players-Lasky, 1915). Martin is wearing ...
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Syd Chaplin

Date: 1915
Description: Syd Chaplin at the periscope in a scene still from A Submarine Pirate (Keystone).
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Walter Long

Date: 1915
Description: A dramatic publicity still of Walter Long from the film Birth of a Nation. Long played Gus, a "renegrade negro," in blackface.
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Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa in "The Cheat"

Date: 1915
Description: Dramatic publicity still of Fannie Ward (playing Edith Hardy) and Sessue Hayakawa (as Hishuru Tori) in "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915). Original caption: "Edith ...
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Cameraman Jules Cronjagger and director Ralph Ince shoot a scene with Earle Williams (as Tom Barclay) and Anita Stewart (as Celestia, the Goddess) in the V...
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Celestia the Goddess (played by Anita Stewart) embraces Tom Barclay (Earle Williams) in a production still for the Vitagraph serial "The Goddess."
Postcard

"The Broken Coin" Promotional Postcard

Date: 1915
Description: Promotional postcard for the 1915 Universal serial "The Broken Coin," featuring cameo photographs of the stars Francis Ford (as Count Frederick) and Grace ...
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"The Broken Coin" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Group shot of the cast and crew for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin," taken after shooting the final scene. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are in the ...
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"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) and Count Frederick (played by Francis Ford) stand in a dungeon and stare off-camera in horror in a scene still from Ep...
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"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: A stooped old man with a long beard approaches Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) with some large keys in a scene still from Episode 8 "The Prison in the ...
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Jack Conway in "Added Fuel"

Date: 1915
Description: Jack Conway stands before the desk sergeant in a police station in a scene still from the one reel silent film "Added Fuel" (Reliance 1915).
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The Arrest of the Yeggmen from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Safecrackers (yeggmen) hired by Sterling, a corrupt Wall Street broker, are caught in the act by the newspaper reporter Dick Carson (played by W. E. Lawren...
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W.E. Lawrence and Billie West in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still from the one-reel silent film "Above Par," actors W.E. Lawrence and Billie West are curled up on a couch together reading a book. Lawrence...
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Final Scene from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Stirling, the corrupt Wall Street broker, is confronted by Mr. Berry (played by W. H. Brown in a top hat) in the climax of the 1915 Reliance one-reel silen...
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Billie West and W.H. Brown in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: The Wall Street broker Mr. Berry (played by W.H. Brown) and his daughter (Billie West, wearing a hat with a white veil) sit in the back of a chauffeured op...
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Florence Crawford and W.E. Lawrence in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: A contemporary caption on the back of the photograph identifies this scene still set in a farmyard as the actors Florence Crawford and W.E. Lawrence in "Ab...
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W.E. Lawrence publicity still for "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: A publicity still of the actor W.E. Lawrence cleaning up with a push broom, or at least pretending to do so.
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Florence Crawford and W.E. Lawrence

Date: 1915
Description: Although identified as a scene still from "Above Par," this photograph of the actors Florence Crawford, W.E. Lawrence, and an unidentified actress playing ...

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