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Orson Welles

Date: 1975
Description: A classic Orson Welles publicity still showing him looking intensely into the camera while gesturing with his hands.
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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Three people are standing in front of an automobile parked next to an airplane at Pennc...
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Roscoe Arbuckle

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Description: Undated portrait of Roscoe Arbuckle, autographed as follows: Very Truly Yours, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle P.S. TO HELL WITH THE KAISER.
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Lionel Barrymore

Date: 1917
Description: The actor Lionel Barrymore in a studio portrait by Herman Miskin of New York. His arms are crossed, and he wears a pinstriped suit. A caption pasted on ...
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Robert Harron and D.W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Director D.W. Griffith appears to be adjusting actor Robert Harron's moustache.

Original caption: "Making up Bobbie."

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D.W. Griffith, Mae Marsh, and Ivor Novello

Date: 05 07 1923
Description: Original caption: "D.W. Griffith rehearses Mae Marsh and Ivor Novello for scene in his forthcoming production of The White Rose in spot near Miami,...
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Snapshot of J. Searle Dawley, Walter Hiers, and Billie Burke

Date: 1917
Description: Snapshot of J. Searle Dawley, Walter Hiers, and Billie Burke riding on top of a New York bus. Dawley is on the far left. Hiers sits next to Burke. An unkno...
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Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith

Date: 02 1919
Description: Four of the founders of United Artists, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith.
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Clarence Brown, Joseph M. Schenck, Rudolph Valentino, and Douglas Fairbanks

Date: 1925
Description: From left to right, Clarence Brown (director), Joseph M. Schenck, Rudolph Valentino (dressed for the role of Vladimir Dubrovsky), and Douglas Fairbanks, in...
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Federico Fellini and Anna Magnani in L'Amore: Due Storie D'Amore (Ways of Love)

Date: 1948
Description: Scene still of Federico Fellini as the stranger and Anna Magnani as Nanni, in the second segment (Il Miracolo) of Roberto Rossellini's L'Amore: Due Stor...
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Victor Sjöström in Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries)

Date: 1957
Description: Scene still of Victor Sjöström as the elderly Dr. Isak Borg in Ingmar Bergman's Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries, 1957).
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Scene Still with Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin from Pote tin Kyriaki (Never on Sunday)

Date: 1960
Description: Homer Thrace (played by Jules Dassin) is inflating a globe for the prostitute Ilya (Melina Mercouri) whom he is trying to educate in Dassin's Pote tin K...
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François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Cargol in L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child)

Date: 1970
Description: Scene still of François Truffaut, as Dr. Jean Itard, and Jean-Pierre Cargol, as the wild child Victor, in Truffaut's L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child,
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Ben F. Wilson Modeling a Collie in Clay

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Universal Actor as Sculptor Ben Wilson spends leisure hours at favorite pastime--the making of statuary. Here he is modeling a statuet...
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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and Faxon Dean

Date: 1921
Description: Production still from All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. Seated on a cushion on the floor, Chester Franklin is directing a ten...
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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and a Cello Player

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still for All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. From left to right: the child actor Mickey Moore plays a harmonica, the ...
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Albert E. Smith, Antonio Moreno, and a Small Racing Car

Date: 1920
Description: Albert E. Smith, one of the founders of the Vitagraph motion picture company, stands with a cigar in his mouth looking down at the silent film star Antonio...
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Young Orson Welles

Date: 1946
Description: A dramatic, glamorous portrait of a young Orson Welles holding a cigar.
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Autographed Orson Welles Portrait

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Description: Portrait of a young, handsome Orson Welles with an inscription.
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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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