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Phi Beta's "A Combine of Comedy"

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Church, the Highlands, in costume, posing as actors in a scene from "Taming of the Shrew"; part of a comedy program, "A Combine of ...
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James Dunn Contributing to Heart Fund

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: James Dunn, stage and movie star who was appearing in the leading role of "Harvey" at the Parkway Theater, is shown contributing to Madison's heart fund dr...
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Lenore Ulric and Frank Colvin in "Her Own People" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Leonore Ulric as the American Indian girl Alona, "the half-breed daughter of a wealthy white man" (Moving Picture World 8/19/1916, p. 1268). She is in the ...
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Irene Castle and William P. Carleton in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: Justine Spotiswood (played by Irene Castle wearing a turban with feathers) and Cosmo Spotiswood (William P. Carleton) gaze into each others eyes in a scene...
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Harry Hilliard and Theda Bara in "Romeo and Juliet"

Date: 1916
Description: Romeo (played by Harry Hilliard), on his knees, clasps Juliet's (Theda Bara) hand in a romantic scene still in the Fox production "Romeo and Juliet" (Fox 1...
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"Diamond Jim" Lobby Card

Date: 1935
Description: Lobby card for the 1935 Realart film "Diamond Jim," featuring a still image of Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim at a restaurant, and a smaller image of Cesar R...
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Cast of Cocoon

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Description: A composite photograph of the four main couples from the film Cocoon. The couples are, starting clockwise from the upper left: Wilford Brimley and M...
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Tommy Thompson and Ernest Borgnine

Date: 07 28 1998
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, on the left, and actor Ernest Borgnine, on the right, sitting together. Thompson is gesturing with his hand and Borgnine...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor in the film "The Cool World" are standing on the sidewalk outside a restaurant. She is wearing a cocktail dress and a fur wrap. He is ...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor standing just outside the entrance of a restaurant while shooting the film "The Cool World." The woman is wearing a cocktail dress and...
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Publicity Still from "The Cool World"

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Description: Publicity still from the film "The Cool World" showing a woman wearing a cocktail dress and fur wrap laughing while looking at a man dressed in a suit and ...
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"Dial 999" Publicity Still

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Description: Publicity still for the TV show "Dial 999." A woman is posing dialing a telephone, while a man standing behind her is posing while grabbing her shoulder fr...
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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson outdoors filming a scene from "The Jackie Robinson Story." Dee is getting makeup applied or touched up, probably by mak...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Dancers taking a curtain call on stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." The orchestra is in a pit in front of the stage, and two men and two women ar...
Poster

Imitation of Life lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Imitation of Life" starring Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, and Juanita Moore. The image on the card shows Lora Meredith (Lana Turn...
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Scene from "Ham and Eggs at the Front"

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Description: Cally Brown (Louise Fazenda) and Ham (Tom Wilson) sit next to each other on a small sofa in a scene from the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front". They ar...
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Scene from "The Only Thing"

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Description: Thyra, Princess of Svendborg, (Eleanor Boardman) and Harry Vane, the Duke of Chevenix (Conrad Nagel) stand next to each other with a large group of people ...
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Percy Marmont and Herbert Brenon

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Description: Film director Herbert Brenon holds a "LICENCED PEDDLER" pin to Percy Marmont's lapel. Marmont is dressed as a crippled peddler for the 1925 film "The Stree...
Poster

Lobby Card for "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Lobby card for the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men". An older woman, sitting and wearing a nice dress and hat, is grabbing the arm of a young man st...
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Mae West in "Catherine Was Great"

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Description: Mae West, as Catherine the Great, sits surrounded by military officers and diplomats in a scene from the play "Catherine Was Great". West wears a lavish f...

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