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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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Publicity Still of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a hat composed mostly of wires, c. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: William Fox presents VALESKA...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 09 30 1918
Description: Quarter-length publicity photograph of Valeska Suratt in a dark velvet dress and hat. She holds a calla lilly and wears pearl rings. The print carries a...
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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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Dorothy Jardon in "The Merry-Go-Round"

Date: 1908
Description: Dorothy Jardon in a White Studio publicity photograph for her first Broadway appearance, the musical comedy "The Merry-Go-Round," which opened at the Circl...
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Margaret Hamilton Publicity Still

Date: 1939
Description: Publicity still of actress Margaret Hamilton, posing with a hat and handbag.
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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait with hat

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence wearing a hat. She wears a cameo and looks directly at the camera.
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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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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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Florence Lawrence

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Description: Actress Florence Lawrence holding a puppy and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a hat, a dress, and gloves with embroidery on them.
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Gloria Swanson

Date: 1919
Description: Publicity portrait of Gloria Swanson. She is looking straight at the camera and is wearing an off the shoulder dress, large dangling earrings, and a headpi...
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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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Anne Revere in "Toys in the Attic"

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Description: Anne Revere, as Anna Berniers in the play "Toys in the Attic," is holding a flower pot with large fake flowers. She is wearing a hat and is looking off to ...
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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...
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Faye Emerson and Scoop Crawford

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Description: Faye Emerson and her son William "Scoop" Crawford standing on a set of stairs leading up to a TWA airplane. Faye is holding several magazines and a purse. ...

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