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Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt

Date: 1931
Description: Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in a scene from "Reunion in Vienna."
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1918
Description: Film still of two women, one in blackface comforting a young woman sitting on her lap.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of two women, one extending her hand to a man, another man is standing by; a female servant in blackface is in the background.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of interior with a man standing and a woman sitting in front of him with her hands reaching out and touching his elbows. She is speaking earnest...
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Film Still from "Dad's Downfall"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still with one actor and six actresses in an interior setting that may be a dormitory.
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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...
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"These Three" Production Still

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Description: Merle Oberon sitting next to an older woman at a table outdoors. Oberon is wearing a pointed clown hat with three pompoms on it. She is holding cards in he...
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Elaine May and Mike Nichols

Date: 1965
Description: Elaine May and Mike Nichols sitting on stools and performing during an appearance on the Jack Paar Program on NBC.
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Glynis Johns with Mermaid Tail

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Description: Two women are arranging a mermaid tail over actress Glynis Johns. The latter is in a special bed that is hiding her legs. They are preparing to shoot a sce...
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James Whale, Louis Hayward, and Joan Bennett

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Description: Director James Whale and actors Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett on a garden set of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." They are on a sound stage, with...
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Scene from "The Ghosts of Yesterday"

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Description: In a scene from the 1918 film "The Ghosts of Yesterday", Norma Talmadge, as Jeanne La Fleur, tries to get away from Count Pascal de Fondras, played by Stua...
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Helen Ferguson and her mother on porch

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson and her mother sit on the porch of their Hollywood home. The two are having something to eat and drink. Helen reads an issue of
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Helen Ferguson at her desk

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Description: Actress, now press agent, Helen Ferguson sits at her desk and smiles while looking at the camera. She holds a telephone receiver to one ear and holds a pe...

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