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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus, along with two other men, are on crosses. On the left is a group of men. One soldier wearing armor... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The robber Jimmy Briggs (played by Eugene Pallette) menaces Grace Remington (Norma Talmadege) in her bedroom in this scene still from the silent feature fi... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The robber Jimmy Briggs (played by Eugene Pallette) is stifling the cries of Grace Remington (Norma Talmadege) in this scene still from the silent feature ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Irene Castle (playing Sylvia Carroll), captured by the villains. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Held against her will on a desolate island, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) is forced to write her own kidnapping note by Spagnoli (Al Ernest Gar... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Actor Harry Benham points accusingly at a ruffian on the floor as two police officers subdue two criminals in a scene still from the Thanhouser serial "Zud... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Actor Harry Benham covers two ruffians with two pistols as Marguerite Snow ministers to an insensible young man on the floor in a scene still from the Than... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Ann Anderson (played by Margarita Fischer) is accosted by two ruffians in an outdoor scene still from the 1918 Mutual production "Ann's Finish." The man in... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The leader of a band of Mexican desperadoes, Steve Denton (played by William S. Hart), has his heart softened by the innocent young Mary Beth Garth (Bessie... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Sitting on a table in a filthy cellar, Prudence Thorne (played by Billie Burke) compares knives with a Chinaman as four other thugs watch in a scene still ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Ben Welden, playing the gangster Sniffy, poses with his revolver in hand in a dramatic publicity still for "Tough Assignment." |
| Date: | 12 04 1953 |
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| Description: | Albert A. Hanson, facing a possible prison term on charges of adultery and receiving stolen money, ponders his fate alone before the empty jury box during ... |
| Date: | 12 04 1953 |
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| Description: | The Albert Hanson trial is serious business for jurors as they hear Attorney William J. Coyne (standing) defend Hanson. |
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