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Colleen Moore and Joseph de Grasse

Date: 1925
Description: Colleen Moore as Selina Peake and Joseph de Grasse as her father in the screen version of Edna Ferber's film "So Big".
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Colleen Moore in "So Big"

Date: 1925
Description: A scene from the film "So Big" in which Jean Hersholt (left), Colleen Moore sitting on couch with a child laying his head in her lap, and Charlotte Merriam...
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Samuel Goldwyn and his Wife, Frances Goldwyn

Date: 1925
Description: Samuel Goldwyn and (the second) Mrs. Goldwyn (nee Frances Howard) after their marriage in Jersey City. Photo by Ira L. Hill's Studio.
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Clarence Brown, Joseph M. Schenck, Rudolph Valentino, and Douglas Fairbanks

Date: 1925
Description: From left to right, Clarence Brown (director), Joseph M. Schenck, Rudolph Valentino (dressed for the role of Vladimir Dubrovsky), and Douglas Fairbanks, in...
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Fortunello and Cirillino

Date: 1925
Description: A trick photograph of vaudeville clowns Forunello and Cirillino in which Fortunello holds Cirillino's decapitated head on a broom. Fortunello was the Itali...
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Lillian Gish and William Powell in "Romola"

Date: 1925
Description: Romola (played by Lillian Gish) and Tito Melema (William Powell) standing before the altar during their wedding in a scene still for Henry King's productio...
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New Amsterdam Theatre

Date: 1925
Description: Front view of the New Amsterdam Theatre (Theater), which advertises the 1925 Ziegfield Follies on its marquee and on street level the play "The Knife in th...
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John Gilbert's House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of actor John Gilbert's Spanish-style house at 1400 Tower Grove Road. There is a tower on the hill in the background.
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John Gilbert in his Living Room

Date: 1925
Description: Actor John Gilbert sitting on a couch in the living room of his Beverly Hills mansion. He is staring at the fireplace which has a light fixture inside it.
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Pauline Starke and Arthur Rankin in "Sun-Up"

Date: 1925
Description: Pauline Starke (as Emmy) and Arthur Rankin (as Bud) pose in a production still from the 1925 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production "Sun-Up." Behind them are two o...
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Margaret Lawrence and her Daughters Elizabeth Munn and Louisine Munn

Date: 1925
Description: Original caption: "Arrived on S.S. Majestic Mrs. Orson D. Munn (Margaret Lawrence) and her two children L-R Elizabeth and Louise." Item from Hedda Hoppe...
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Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: A glamorous head and shoulders publicity still of Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Wom...
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Pola Negri Scene Still

Date: 1925
Description: This glamorous scene still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woman of the World."...
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Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: This glamorous half-length publicity still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woma...
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Full-length Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: Pola Negri stands in front of a shiny satin theater curtain and is dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production ...
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Ruth Chatterton in The Man With a Load of Mischief

Date: 1925
Description: Ruth Chatterton and Ralph Forbes posing in costumes from the play The Man With a Load of Mischief. Chatterton holds a riding crop and wears a long v...
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Lon Chaney in "The Monster"

Date: 1925
Description: Dr. Ziska (Lon Chaney) standing next to Amos Rugg (Hallam Cooley) who is strapped into a chair in a scene for the film "The Monster." Rugg is dressed in a ...
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"Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ" Prop

Date: 1925
Description: An artist posing with a large statue that was used in the film "Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ." The artist is standing on the top step of a wooden staircase a...
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"Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ" Construction

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the Circus Maximus set under construction for the 1925 film "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." Scaffolding and piles of dirt are around the set.
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The "Street of Forgotten Men" Still

Date: 1925
Description: Easy-Money Charley (Percy Marmont) looking down at a seated Bridgeport White-Eye (John Harrington) in a scene from the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten M...

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