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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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Herbert Marshall and Robert Benchley

Date: 1940
Description: Herbert Marshall and Robert Benchley sit next to each other on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." Both wear suits; Benchley holds a script and is...
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"West of Broadway"

Date: 11 1931
Description: A group portrait of the cast of "West of Broadway" at the Hillsboro Opera House.
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Cast and Crew

Date: 04 20 2012
Description: Group portrait of the cast, crew and extended family of David Marcou for the Pulitzer-nominated play "Remembering Davy Crockett," at the end of the world d...
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Lynn Fontanne, Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt

Date: 04 19 1970
Description: Lynn Fontanne, Sir Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt seated at a table in the Pyrenees Restaurant after the Tony Awards presentations at which Lunt and Fontanne...
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Pat O'Brien and Ronald Reagan

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Description: Pat O'Brien, as Knute Rockne, standing behind Ronald Reagan who is playing George Gipp, in the film Knute Rockne All American. Reagan is sitting on ...
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Daniel J. Travanti with Banner

Date: 1958
Description: A teenage Daniel J. Travanti stands next to a man, with the two men holding a banner that reads: "S. Wisconsin N.F.L., Dramatic Interpretation, First Place...
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Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge

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Description: Buster Keaton sitting on the arm of an oversize chair looking down at his wife, Natalie, who is sitting in the chair looking up at him. She is holding a bo...
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Elaine May and Mike Nichols

Date: 1965
Description: Elaine May and Mike Nichols sitting on stools and performing during an appearance on the Jack Paar Program on NBC.
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Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

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Description: Glynis Johns, Griffith Jones, and the film crew on the underwater cave set of the 1948 film "Miranda." The sound stage and a light are set up above a pool ...
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Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson

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Description: Jackie Robinson, his wife Rachel Robinson, and a child, probably their son Jackie Robinson Jr. They are sitting in chairs on a baseball field during the ma...
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Louis Hayward and James Whale

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward and director James Whale during the production of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." Both men are sitting at a table on set, wit...
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James Whale, Louis Hayward, and Joan Bennett

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Description: Director James Whale and actors Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett on a garden set of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." They are on a sound stage, with...
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Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose

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Description: Henry Fonda is sittting in a chair, and Reginald Rose is sitting on the arm of the chair. The two men are looking at a script.
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Henry Fonda

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Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Henry Fonda. He is standing and leaning on a high-backed white sofa. He is wearing a dark suit and has a blank look on hi...
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Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand in Marty

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Description: Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand sitting at a table and talking in a scene from the television production of "Marty." Both are dressed nicely. The production...
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George Seitz and Bruce Cabot on the set of "The Last of the Mohicans"

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Description: Bruce Cabot, dressed as Magua, talks with director George B. Seitz on the set of the 1936 film "The Last of the Mohicans". The men stand n front of a larg...
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"The Sign on the Door" still

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Description: Norma Talmadge, playing Ann Hunniwell Regan, descends a flight of stairs and sees Frank Devereaux, played by Lew Cody, holding on a to a young woman (possi...
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William Russell and Helen Ferguson in Shod with Fire

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Description: Helen Russell and William Russell appear in a still from the 1920 film Shod with Fire. Ferguson kneels next a man in a bed while Russell sits next ...
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Scene from the 1922 film Hungry Hearts

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Description: Helen Ferguson grabs onto Bryant Washburn in a scene from the 1922 film Hungry Hearts. Washburn is next to a much larger man who is wearing a suit ...

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