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| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Lt. Ronald Reagan and Corp. Craig Stevens on the set of the Warner Brothers' film "This is the Army." |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini with co-star Lila Lee in the silent film, "Terror Island," a Paramount release. The climax consists of Houdini saving Lee from ... |
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| Description: | Irene Norman, film editor of the "Milwaukee Sentinel," interviewing the film star Bebe Daniels. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Production still showing the technique of rear projection. A 1951 Ford, jacked up in front so the steering wheel can turn, sits in front of a rear projecti... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of actor John Gilbert with a pipe in his mouth. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Actors John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro compare their moustaches. Gilbert is in costume. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert sitting on a couch in the living room of his Beverly Hills mansion. He is staring at the fireplace which has a light fixture inside it. |
| Date: | 01 1927 |
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| Description: | John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Publicity still for the film "The Show." John Gilbert is seen in profile — he is wearing a hat, striped shirt, and a scarf around his neck. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Publicity still of actor John Gilbert in "The Cossacks." He is looking towards the left and smiling, and is wearing a big bushy hat and holding a gun at hi... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders publicity still of actor John Gilbert for the film Redemption which was released in 1930. He looks directly at the viewer and is wearing... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert and boxer/author Jim Tully shake hands. Each is smiling and wearing a boxing glove on one hand. This publicity still may be a reference ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1933 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert and Greta Garbo shake hands and smile at one another their first day on the set of the movie "Queen Christina." She is wearing a fur coa... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Max Sennett Studios. There are many open-roofed studios with cloth diffusers. A huge sign reads: "Paramount-Comedies-Mack Sennett-Come... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Harriet Curran Kelly and her four children in a studio portrait from about 1914. From left to right the children are Eugene, Harriet, Louise, and James. Wi... |
| Date: | 12 1927 |
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| Description: | Actor Stan Laurel, his wife Lois Neilson, their newborn daughter Lois, and their dog Lady. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Mr. Louis Biondolillo and his wife seated with their five children around them. From left to right the girls are Mary, Lena, Rose, Pauli... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A photograph of a title card for a BETTY BOOP cartoon, showing Betty Boop sitting on the palm of a hand, surrounded by silhouettes of cheering men throwing... |
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