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Free The Hollywood Ten

Date: 10 28 1947
Description: Several members of the screenwriters and directors known as the "Hollywood Ten," together with members of their families at a demonstration before their im...
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Jack Carson

Date: 1920
Description: Jack Carson at the age of ten posing on front steps wearing a hat and leaning on a walking cane.
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Still from "Salt of the Earth"

Date: 1953
Description: Virginia and Clinton Jencks on the set of "Salt of the Earth".
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Henrietta Williams in Salt of the Earth

Date: 1953
Description: Henrietta Williams as Teresa Vidal addressing a Union meeting in "Salt of the Earth".
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Children In Jail

Date: 1953
Description: Willie Andazola (left) and Gary Alderette (right) in a jail scene in the film "Salt of the Earth."
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Cover of Brochure for "Salt of the Earth"

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Description: Cover of a brochure promoting the film "Salt of the Earth" showing Rosaura Revueltas, with the text, "At last-an honest movie about American working people...
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Aerial Combat Reenacted

Date: 1930
Description: An aerial combat scene from "Hell's Angel's," Howard Hughes' classic 1930 motion picture about the British Air Force during World War I. This film was dis...
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"Sky Devils" Props

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Description: Vintage World War airplanes used in the filming of "Sky Devils" (1932), a motion picture produced by Howard Hughes.
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"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
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Harlow in "Hell's Angels"

Date: 1930
Description: Production still from "Hell's Angels," the Howard Hughes 1930 film, which launched the career of 18-year-old Jean Harlow. She is shown here with co-stars B...
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Gotha and Film Production Crew and Cast

Date: 1930
Description: A vintage German Gotha airplane brought to Hollywood by Howard Hughes for use in "Hell's Angels," together with members of the Caddo Company's film crew an...
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Hell's Angels Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Scene at Caddo Field during the filming of "Hell's Angels," Howard Hughes' extravagant World War I aviation film. In this scene, the large vintage Gotha b...
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Dalton Trumbo

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Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
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Four of the Hollywood Ten

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Description: Four members of the Hollywood Ten at an unidentified event concerning their defense. From left to right are: Herbert Biberman, Alvah Bessie, and Dalton Tr...
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Dancers in Elaborate Costumes

Date: 1929
Description: Dancers in elaborate costumes and huge headdresses perform onstage in "Glorifying the American Girl," a 1929 Paramount musical. The heads of some pit music...
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D. W. Griffith "Intolerance" Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of D. W. Griffith's Intolerance, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, February 18, 19...
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"Citizen Kane"

Date: 1941
Description: Orson Welles on podium in front of giant 'Kane' backdrop, in scene still for "Citizen Kane".
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Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber

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Description: Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire.
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Hollywood Ten: Alvah Bessie

Date: 1947
Description: One of the Hollywood Ten, Alvah Bessie (second from left, holding a cigarette) and others at a luncheon.
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Eight of the Hollywood Ten

Date: 1947
Description: Eight members of the Hollywood Ten at an unidentified event concerning their defense. From left to right are Herbert Biberman, Alvah Bessie, Dalton Trumbo,...

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