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Scene Still from The Fighting Blade

Date: 1923
Description: A scene still from The Fighting Blade with Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill in the foreground and two helmeted guardsmen behind them.
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Scene Still from The Fighting Blade

Date: 1923
Description: Scene still from The Fighting Blade showing Richard Barthelmess with his arm around Dorothy Mackaill (Inspiration 1923).
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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish

Date: 1923
Description: Backlit publicity still of Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Dorothy Gish.
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W.C. Fields in "Poppy"

Date: 1923
Description: W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats.
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Reginald Denny in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: A boxing referee raises the gloved hand of Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) to mark him the winner of the bout by knockout in this scene still f...
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Reginald Denny and Mabel Julienne Scott in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) grasps the hand of socialite Maude Sangster (Mabel Julienne Scott) in a scene still from "The Abysmal...
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Reginald Denny and Mabel Julienne Scott in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) and socialite Maude Sangster (Mabel Julienne Scott) glare at each other in a scene still from "The Ab...
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Reginald Denny in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) strikes a boxing pose near an open window. He wears white athletic shorts, an undershirt, and house slippers. A...
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Reginald Denny in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) carries his unconscious boxing opponent in his arms as the referee and various trainers gather around...
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Elliott Dexter and Julia Faye in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: A caveman (played by Elliott Dexter) has defeated a rival and thus wins the interest of the Mischevous One, a young cavewoman played by Julia Faye in this ...
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Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, and Theodore Kosloff in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: Three young cavemen--cavepersons?--react in fear to an offscreen threat. From left to right the actors are Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, and Theodore Kos...
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Milton Sills in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: Milton Sills as a caveman dressed in fur and armed with a stone club in a prehistoric forest in Cecil B. De Mill's silent film production "Adam's Rib" (Fam...
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Dorothy Sills and Milton Sills

Date: 1923
Description: Original caption: "Milton Sills, featured player in 'Adam's Rib,' Cecil B. De Mille's new Paramount picture, and his eleven year old daughter Dorothy."
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Billy Sullivan Boxing

Date: 1923
Description: Billy Sullivan (right) boxes a larger man in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 and 1924. Billy Sulliv...
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Billy Sullivan and Spectators

Date: 1923
Description: Billy Sullivan (right) has knocked his opponent to the mat in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of the "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 ...
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Harry Myers and Marie Prevost in a comic scene still

Date: 1923
Description: Harry Myers and Marie Prevost perform in a makeshift home theater with footlights made from candles on canned goods in a scene still for the silent drama "...
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Studio publicity still of Antonio Moreno

Date: 1923
Description: In this dramatically lit publicity still for the silent drama "Look Your Best," Antonio Moreno wears what appears to be a cupid costume with feathered head...
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Studio publicity still of Antonio Moreno, head and shoulders

Date: 1923
Description: In this dramatically lit publicity still for the silent drama "Look Your Best," Antonio Moreno wears what appears to be an exotic cupid costume with a head...
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Dane County Amateur Theatrical Group

Date: 1923
Description: Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923".

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