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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".
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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

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

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

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

"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...
Photograph

Vera Caspary and Dancers

Date: 1956
Description: The writer Vera Caspary, pen in hand, with male and female dancers handsomely posed behind her in a publicity still for the musical comedy play "Wedding in...
Photograph

Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of two men standing outdoors looking at a newspaper. A horse is tethered behind them.
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George Fawcett in a scene still from "The Corner"

Date: 1916
Description: The millionaire David Waltham (played by George Fawcett) sits at his desk reading a book, smoking, a cigar, and scowling in a scene still for the 1916 dram...
Photograph

Film Still from "Done in Oil"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still - interior with an actress on a cushioned window seat holding an open newspaper. An actor is leaning inside the open window, his head coming th...
Photograph

Charles Richman, Mary Maurice, James Morrison, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ...
Photograph

Harry S. Northrup, Lucille Hamill, Louise Beaudet, James Lackaye, Norma Talmadge, Charles Richman, and L. Rodgers Lytton in a scene still.

Date: 1915
Description: After the invasion of the United States, Americans are threatened by the enemy leader Mr. Emanon (played by L. Rodgers Lytton in profile at far right) and ...
Photograph

Herbert Marshall and Robert Benchley

Date: 1940
Description: Herbert Marshall and Robert Benchley sit next to each other on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." Both wear suits; Benchley holds a script and is...
Book or Pamphlet

"Riot in Cell Block 11" Italian Program

Date: 
Description: A color program for the film "Riot in Cell Block 11" in Italian (Rivolta al Blocco 11). The cover shows two men attacking another man. An oversized image o...

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