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Billy Bitzer and D. W. Griffith

Date: 1919
Description: Cameraman G. W. "Billy" Bitzer and director D. W. Griffith on location in the snow filming Way Down East (Griffith, 1920). Bitzer stands behind a Pa...
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Dorothy Phillips, a Capuchin Monkey, and a Bell and Howell Motion Picture Camera

Date: 1922
Description: Original title: "This is one of the rare snapshots which a photographer gets only once in a peagreen moon. Dorothy Phillips, star of Allen Holubar's Th...
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Cameraman Jules Cronjagger and director Ralph Ince shoot a scene with Earle Williams (as Tom Barclay) and Anita Stewart (as Celestia, the Goddess) in the V...
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"The Broken Coin" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Group shot of the cast and crew for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin," taken after shooting the final scene. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are in the ...
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Kathlyn Williams and Bell & Howell Camera

Date: 1920
Description: Actress Kathlyn Williams wearing an evening dress sits in William C. de Mille's director's chair holding his small megaphone. Behind her is one of the Bell...
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J. Peverell Marley, Cecil B. DeMille, and Camera

Date: 1922
Description: J. Peverell Marley, cameraman (left), and Cecil B. DeMille, director (right), pose beside a Pathé motion picture camera mounted on a large tripod. An unide...
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D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods and Billy Bitzer

Date: 1916
Description: Director D.W. Griffith, seated with straw hat and large megaphone, confers with scriptwriter Frank E. Woods (bending, wearing a cloth cap), and cameraman G...
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"Fit to Fight" Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: The actor Paul Kelly (playing Hank Simpson) sits next to director Edward H. Griffith in front of a cameraman and his Debrie motion picture camera in a prod...
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Production Still with Harry Beaumont, Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly

Date: 1917
Description: Essanay silent film director Harry Beaumont, wearing tinted pince-nez, watches Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly act out a scene for "Filling His Own Shoes." ...
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Keystone Comedy Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Mack Sennett (in suit and derby) directs Chester Conklin (on his knees) as Ernest B. Schoedsack cranks a Moy & Bastie silent film camera for an unidentifie...
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Cameraman Alvin Wyckoff

Date: 1921
Description: Cinematographer Alvin Wyckoff stands next to his Bell & Howell model 2709 motion picture camera on a set for the Cecil B. DeMille silent feature "Fool's Pa...
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Eclair Company

Date: 1913
Description: An outdoor studio used by the Eclair American Company while making silent films. Shown are four or five actors in a restaurant set on a low platform covere...
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Production Still with Jack Mulhall and Marguerite Clark

Date: 1920
Description: In this production still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Jack Mulhall and Marguerite Clark kneel and act a scene in front of a tapestry. In the foreground, Wa...
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Production still of Marguerite Clark knitting.

Date: 1917
Description: Silent film actress Marguerite Clark sits in a wicker chair and knits on a set for "Bab's Burglar." Behind her is a Pathé 35mm motion picture camera on a t...
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Joel McCrea and Albert Basserman

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Albert Basserman are seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." They are standing at the bottom of a flight of steps. Crew member...
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Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock are seen with crew members on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." An unidentified man stands behind McCrea makin...
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Alfred Hitchcock on Set

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock is seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He stands in front of the camera which is on a dolly. The cameraman looks at Hitc...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Production Still

Date: 1940
Description: Outdoor view of the Amsterdam Square set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." Scaffolding and lights are in the background, and many members of the cast an...
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Walter Wanger on Set

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Description: Walter Wanger is seen talking to a man on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." A large microphone boom on wheels is directly behind them. They are ...

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