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Scene Still from "The Blot"

Date: 1921
Description: Louis Calhern and Claire Windsor in "The Blot" (Lois Weber Productions).
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Juan Chacon Studying Script

Date: 1954
Description: Actor Juan Chacon is shown leaning against a building studying his script on the set of "Salt of the Earth".
Photograph

Eddie Cantor on an International TD-18 Tractor

Date: 04 18 1939
Description: Eddie Cantor mugging on an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor at the National Roadbuilders Show. Mr. Gainsford of the Los Angeles branch house is p...
Photograph

Madison Theater Guild Cast

Date: 03 20 1947
Description: Madison Theater Guild cast members for "Mr. and Mrs. North" are, left to right, Paul Hunter, Jr., Rachel Steensland, Junius Eddy, Gardenia Kross, and Glenn...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Dallas News

Date: 07 1971
Description: Cover of "Dallas News," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Groucho Marx and a woman, with the headline, "Groucho calls for Nixon's Assassi...
Poster

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster announcing a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," at Broom Street Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Performed by the Broom Street ...
Photograph

"Citizen Kane"

Date: 1941
Description: Orson Welles on podium in front of giant 'Kane' backdrop, in scene still for "Citizen Kane".
Photograph

Mark Harmon at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Actor Mark Harmon on the set at Old World Wisconsin. Harmon starred in the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger". Cinematographer Donald M. Morgan...
Photograph

Lee Tracy

Date: 1932
Description: Lee Tracy as gossip columnist Al Roberts in a publicity still for "Blessed Event" (WB, 1932).
Photograph

Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
Magazine or Periodical

Capt. Ronald Reagan

Date: 04 19 1942
Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan in his army uniform prior to reporting for active duty in 1942.
Magazine or Periodical

Ronald Reagan as host of G.E. True Theatre

Date: 
Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan as the host of G.E. True Theatre.
Print

John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
Document

Gayety Theatre Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Gayety Theatre, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the name of the theatre in an oval embellished with outlines of flowers and leaves, flanked...
Print

"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton).
Print

Cary Grant Paper Doll, Left Side

Date: 05 1941
Description: Color offset printed left hand page of a two page Cary Grant paper doll published in "Screen Life" probably in May 1941. The dolls were designed by Jacques...
Print

Cary Grant Paper Doll, Right Side

Date: 05 1941
Description: Color offset printed right hand page of a two page Cary Grant paper doll published in "Screen Life" probably in May 1941. The dolls were designed by Jacque...
Photograph

Irene Hunt in "Added Fuel"

Date: 1915
Description: Jane Pepper (played by Irene Hunt) is a reporter for "The Daily Mail." She sits at her typewriter while a group of six men talk behind her back in this sce...
Photograph

Irene Hunt and Frank Darien in "Added Fuel"

Date: 1915
Description: Jane Pepper (played by Irene Hunt), a reporter for "The Daily Mail," turns around at her typewriter desk to overhear a conversation in the newsroom. Frank ...
Photograph

"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit," featuring Gregory Peck (playing Tom Rath). He is smoking a cigarette a...

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