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Anita Loos

Date: 1918
Description: The writer Anita Loos and the director John Emerson looking over a script on a film set. Emerson has a pince-nez on a cord and sits in a director's chair. ...
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D. W. Griffith

Date: 1916
Description: Studio portrait of director D. W. Griffith wearing a straw boater. Original caption: "David W. Griffith, Reliance-Majestic."
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Robert Harron and D.W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Director D.W. Griffith appears to be adjusting actor Robert Harron's moustache.

Original caption: "Making up Bobbie."

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D. W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Studio portrait of the director D. W. Griffith wearing an overcoat and homburg hat.
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Clarence Brown, Joseph M. Schenck, Rudolph Valentino, and Douglas Fairbanks

Date: 1925
Description: From left to right, Clarence Brown (director), Joseph M. Schenck, Rudolph Valentino (dressed for the role of Vladimir Dubrovsky), and Douglas Fairbanks, in...
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Marshall Neilan

Date: 1919
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Marshall Neilan, silent film actor and director.
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Marshall Neilan

Date: 1919
Description: Profile portrait of Marshall Neilan, silent film actor and director.
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Marshall Neilan and Marjorie Daw publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: Marshall Neilan, the director of Don't Ever Marry (1920), and Marjorie Daw, the female lead. Original caption: "NIX ON THE FANCY FOOD, SAYS MARSHA...
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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 ...
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Olga Petrova and George Irving

Date: 1917
Description: Production still of Olga Petrova and her director George Irving looking over the script for "Daughter of Destiny." Next to them is a Bell & Howell model 27...
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"Harriet and the Piper" Production Still

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Anita Stewart and her director, Bertram Bracken, taken between filming of scenes at Anita's home."
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Thomas Ince and William S. Hart production still

Date: 1915
Description: Thomas H. Ince gestures to a cameraman who is moving a Bell & Howell camera on its tripod. Over Ince's shoulder is William S. Hart in costume as a minister...
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Keystone Film Company Pool

Date: 1915
Description: Production still of the Keystone pool. On the far left is Mack Sennett, coatless, in derby and suspenders. On the far right is Adam Kessel, coatless, in a ...
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Universal Studios Grand Opening

Date: 03 15 1915
Description: Gathered for the grand opening of Universal City are the general manager of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Isadore Bernstein (in a white belted ...
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Universal Studios Grand Opening

Date: 03 15 1915
Description: At the grand opening of Universal City are the general manager of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Isadore Bernstein (in a white belted Norfolk su...
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Cast and crew for the silent film "Little Eve Edgarton"

Date: 1916
Description: Posed beside the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California, are the cast and crew of the 1916 silent drama "Little Eve Edgarton." Crouched in front in str...

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