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Frank Mayo, vigilantes, and Mary Philbin in a scene still

Date: 1921
Description: In a log cabin, Bradley Yates (played by Frank Mayo) is confronted by four armed vigilantes, who wear klan-style hoods. The mountain girl Talithy Millicudd...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Actor Neville Brand, director Don Siegel, and another actor joke around on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." Brand holds Siegel as the other act...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Actor Neville Brand, on the left, and another actor in the center with a knife in his belt, talk with director Don Siegel, far right. They are on the set o...
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Neville Brand and Whit Bissell

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Description: Actor Neville Brand stands behind actor Whit Bissell while holding a knife to his throat. They are on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11."
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Long shot of a scene from the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." In the background, Neville Brand holds a knife to the throat of Whit Bissell. Two guards and a ...
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Leo Gordon

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Description: Leo Gordon holds a knife and looks around a stone wall. He is outside on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11."
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Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters in "Porgy and Bess"

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Description: Porgy (Sidney Poitier) and Crown (Brock Peters) fight one another. Poitier leans out a window and grabs Peters around the neck and wrist. Peters is bendin...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with three Commedia dell' Arte characters: Stenterello, who wears a jacke...
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Scene still from "Federal Man"

Date: 1950
Description: Two men with drawn pistols in a parking lot in a scene still for "Federal Man."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Description: Full-length standing portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is dressed in black leather and has ammunition and weapons strapped onto his chest and shoulder.
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Chaplin in the breech of the big gun, a publicity still for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Two German soldiers help Charlie Chaplin out of the breech of an enormous gun in a publicity still for "The Great Dictator."
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Kirk Douglas as Spartacus

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Description: Publicity photograph of Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, holding a large knife in one hand and standing in a threatening pose on a set of stairs. He is dressed a...
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Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan

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Description: Elevated view of actors Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan filming the duel scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." Both men are using daggers and rappers. A m...
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Scene from Play

Date: 1905
Description: In a scene from a play, a woman is lying on the stage floor with her eyes closed. Two men in military uniforms, one brandishing a sword, are standing over ...
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Cast of Play

Date: 1905
Description: Eleven young men and women in costume, including two men in military uniform, are posing for a cast portrait on a small stage. There is patriotic bunting h...
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On the set of "The Only Thing"

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Description: Director Jack Conway and screenwriter Elinor Glyn talk to Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel on the set of the 1925 film "The Only Thing". The four stand un...
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Richard Burton in "Alexander the Great"

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Description: Richard Burton, as Alexander the Great, stands with his arms upraised surrounded by soldiers with shields and very long lances in a scene from the 1956 fil...
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Publicity Still from "King Lear"

Date: 1916
Description: Still of actors portraying soldiers in a battle. Caption reads: "King Lear performance (for motion picture?)"
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Scene from "A Dixie Mother"

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Description: A scene from the 1910 film "A Dixie Mother" shows a woman (Florence Turner) holding a sword and looking at her son played by Carlyle Blackwell. He is wear...
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Two promotional stills for Death Valley Days

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Description: Two promotional stills for the episode "A Book Of Spanish Grammar" of the TV show Death Valley Days. One photograph is of a smiling David McLean, w...

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