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Lindbergh before Flight

Date: 1927
Description: Publicist Harry Bruno; B.F. Mahoney, designer of "The Spirit of St. Louis"; an Earl Carroll chorus girl; Charles Lindbergh; and Bruno's partner, Richard Bl...
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Emil Jannings Exercising

Date: 1927
Description: The famous German actor Emil Jannings is on the roof of his California home posing on a rowing machine. The original caption stamped on the back of the pri...
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Paramount Pictures studio portrait of Emil Jannings in coat and tie with a cigar in his mouth.
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Close-up, low-key publicity portrait of Emil Jannings in shirt and tie holding a cigar to his mouth.
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John Gilbert's Publicity Still for "The Show"

Date: 1927
Description: Publicity still for the film "The Show." John Gilbert is seen in profile — he is wearing a hat, striped shirt, and a scarf around his neck.
Poster

"The Tigress" Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Poster for the film "The Tigress" starring Jack Holt and Dorothy Revier. A woman is lying in a bed and looking at a man, dressed in a suit, who is leaning ...
Poster

"Husbands for Rent" Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Poster for the film "Husbands for Rent." A woman, wearing a blue sleeveless nightgown, is looking down at a man wearing pajamas sleeping on a sofa.
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"Husbands for Rent"

Date: 1927
Description: Sir Reginald Knight (Claude Gillingwater) and another man holding Herbert Willis (Owen Moore) by the arms. Knight is looking angrily at Willis who is weari...
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"London After Midnight"

Date: 1927
Description: Lon Chaney in one of his disguises for the film "London After Midnight." Chaney is wearing sharpened vampire teeth, long hair, and a top hat.
Poster

"The Silent Avenger" Lobby Card

Date: 1927
Description: Lobby card for the film "The Silent Avenger." A man in pajamas and wearing a top hat is sitting on a bed playing a trombone. Thunder the dog is sitting nex...

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