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Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Phillips, Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Rudolph Valentino, playing Juliantino Visconti, is offered money by Dorothy Phillips, as Aurora Meredith, wearig an elaborate oriental costume in the 1920 ...
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Priscilla Dean and a German Shepherd Dog

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "For a dog whose breed is alleged to possess great intelligence, this Belgian police dog seems rather indifferent to Priscilla Dean's 'V...
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Antonio Moreno, his American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Don Juan, and a Small Boy

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "This boy's parents never could see moving picture actors until Antonio Moreno rented the bungalow next to theirs in Hollywood. Now they...
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Antonio Moreno, his American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Don Juan, and a Small Boy

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Antonio Moreno with his dog, Don Juan, sitting up on his haunches, and a friend. The three are rehearsing Tony's new serial, just comme...
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Antonio Moreno and his American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Don Juan

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Antonio Moreno and his dog, Don Juan, who appears in Tony's next serial."
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Ruth Stonehouse and her Cat, Leo

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Ruth Stonehouse, one of the featured players in the all star cast of The Hope, the latest in Metro's series of pictures founded ...
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A Small Boy, an English bulldog, and Blanche Sweet on a Bench

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "It's Blanche Sweet's own dog, but a neighbor's child."
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An Unidentified Actor, an English bulldog, and Blanche Sweet Sitting on a Trunk

Date: 1920
Description: An unidentified actor dressed as a train porter holds a coin out to Blanche Sweet who is sitting on a trunk with her bulldog in a motion picture scene stil...
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Olive Thomas, a Parrot, and a Boston Bull Terrier

Date: 1920
Description: Silent film star Olive Thomas poses before a Japanese screen with a parrot and her Boston bull terrier.
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Marshall Neilan and Marjorie Daw publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: Marshall Neilan, the director of Don't Ever Marry (1920), and Marjorie Daw, the female lead. Original caption: "NIX ON THE FANCY FOOD, SAYS MARSHA...
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Albert E. Smith, Antonio Moreno, and a Small Racing Car

Date: 1920
Description: Albert E. Smith, one of the founders of the Vitagraph motion picture company, stands with a cigar in his mouth looking down at the silent film star Antonio...
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Antonio Moreno in a Racing Car

Date: 1920
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Antonio Moreno sits grinning beind the wheel of a very small racing car in a photograph heavily retouched for print reproduction...
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil...
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Houdini on a Rope in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi...
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Houdini and Lila Lee in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Escape artist Harry Houdini with co-star Lila Lee in the silent film, "Terror Island," a Paramount release. The climax consists of Houdini saving Lee from ...
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Irene Castle and William P. Carleton in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: Justine Spotiswood (played by Irene Castle wearing a turban with feathers) and Cosmo Spotiswood (William P. Carleton) gaze into each others eyes in a scene...
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Irene Castle and William P. Carleton in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: Cosmo Spotiswood (played by William P. Carleton on the right) confronts a man who has designs on his wife Justine (played by Irene Castle). Castle is dress...
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Irene Castle and Augusta Anderson in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: In a backstage dressing room, the straight-laced and innocent Justine Spencer (played by Irene Castle) is shocked to find that her mother (Augusta Anderson...
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Scene Still from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"

Date: 1920
Description: From left to right Werner Krauss (playing Dr. Caligari), Conrad Veidt (as Cesare the somnambulist), and Lil Dagover (as Jane Olsen) in a scene from the exp...
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"The Tattlers" Movie Still

Date: 1920
Description: Movie still from the Fox movie "The Tattlers," featuring Madlaine Traverse (playing Bess Rutherford) posing in an evening dress.

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