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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The characters Lorna Barton (played by Ethel Grandin) and Bill Bradshaw (William Cavanaugh) in a cafe scene from Traffic in Souls (1913, IMP). |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Publicity still of Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres in The Sheik. (Paramount 1921). |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Dramatic publicity still of Fannie Ward (playing Edith Hardy) and Sessue Hayakawa (as Hishuru Tori) in "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915). Original caption: "Edith ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The actors, cameraman, and director discuss the script on location for the silent film "Sunshine Alley" (Goldwyn, 1917). On the right is a Bell & Howell mo... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Backlit publicity still of Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Dorothy Gish. |
| Date: | 11 05 1923 |
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| Description: | Inspiration Pictures publicity photograph of the Gish sisters and Richard Barthelemess on board a ship. Original caption: AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS L... |
| Date: | 05 07 1923 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "D.W. Griffith rehearses Mae Marsh and Ivor Novello for scene in his forthcoming production of The White Rose in spot near Miami,... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Scene still with William Russell as Bill Lark and Louise Lovely as Little Casino seated at a poker table in the 1920 Fox production The Twins of Sufferi... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Scene still from the Vitagraph production Treasure Trove. Left to right are Mary Maurice, John Bunny, Julia Swayne Gordon, and Helen Gardner. John B... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Scene still from the Vitagraph production Father's Flirtation. From left to right are Flora Finch, John Bunny, and Mary Anderson. Bunny wears a bold... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Scene still from the Vitagraph production Father's Flirtation with John Bunny and Louise Beaudet. Bunny wears a boldly striped suit. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Heavily retouched scene still from the 1912 Vitagraph production Chumps. Left to right: William Shea, John Bunny, Wallace Reid, Marshall P. Wilder, ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad outside having a conversation. Burke has on athletic wear, bloomers and a sweater. This picture may have been... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of J. Searle Dawley, Walter Hiers, and Billie Burke riding on top of a New York bus. Dawley is on the far left. Hiers sits next to Burke. An unkno... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John Barrymore, as Dr. Henry Jekyll, kisses the hand of Martha Mansfield, as Millicent Carew, in a production still from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Fa... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John Barrymore, as Mr. Edward Hyde, rents a shabby room from an old woman in a production still from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Famous Players-Lasky 1... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Juan Gallardo (played by Rudolph Valentino) plays the lute for Doña Sol de Guevara (Nita Naldi) in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sa... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) plays the harp for Juan Gallardo (Rudolph Valentino) in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sa... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Youth (played by Richard Barthelmess) is given the full treatment by Temptation (Nita Naldi) in the 1921 George Fitzmaurice production Experience. |
| Date: | 02 1919 |
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| Description: | Four of the founders of United Artists, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith. |
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