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Lionel Barrymore

Date: 1917
Description: The actor Lionel Barrymore in a studio portrait by Herman Miskin of New York. His arms are crossed, and he wears a pinstriped suit. A caption pasted on ...
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Snapshot of J. Searle Dawley, Walter Hiers, and Billie Burke

Date: 1917
Description: Snapshot of J. Searle Dawley, Walter Hiers, and Billie Burke riding on top of a New York bus. Dawley is on the far left. Hiers sits next to Burke. An unkno...
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Irene Castle and Frank Hall Crane on a film set.

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle and her director Frank Crane discussing a script on the set of either Vengence is Mine or Stranded in Arcady, two films they mad...
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Olga Petrova and George Irving

Date: 1917
Description: Production still of Olga Petrova and her director George Irving looking over the script for "Daughter of Destiny." Next to them is a Bell & Howell model 27...
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"Fit to Fight" Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: The actor Paul Kelly (playing Hank Simpson) sits next to director Edward H. Griffith in front of a cameraman and his Debrie motion picture camera in a prod...
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Production Still with Harry Beaumont, Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly

Date: 1917
Description: Essanay silent film director Harry Beaumont, wearing tinted pince-nez, watches Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly act out a scene for "Filling His Own Shoes." ...
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James Kirkwood and Mary Miles Minter

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Mary Miles Minter and her director James Kirkwood in the street of the little old New England Village constructed behind the American F...
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Paul Scardon, Franklyn Hanna, Corrinne Griffith and Earle Williams

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Director Paul Scardon, discussing the script of a new Blue Ribbon feature with the players in the cast. Reading from left to right; Pau...
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Keystone Oriental Set Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Mack Sennett, in a dark suit, and two technicians stand by a Prestwich camera on the set of an unidentified Middle Eastern themed Keystone Comedy. A belly ...
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"The Double Standard" Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Director Phillips Smalley (third from the left), rehearsing his players in Brand Whitlock's story being filmed at Universal City. The ju...
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Antonio Moreno and Film Crew

Date: 1917
Description: Antonio Moreno in make-up, jodhpurs, and an undershirt, sits under an umbrella along with a cameraman and a Bell & Howell camera with other cast and crew m...
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Cullen Landis with Camera

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Cullen Landis, who has become one of the screen's most popular figures, used to be a camera-man, or cinematographer, as they say in Fren...
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Production Still at Universal Studios

Date: 1917
Description: From a high angle, this snapshot shows actors, crew, and bystanders at an open-air studio under canvas diffusers at Universal City. The cameraman stands be...

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