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Marshall Neilan and Ruth Roland

Date: 1912
Description: Scene still with Marshall Neilan, in white shirt, and Ruth Roland in a room crowded with police officers from one of the many silent films they made for Ka...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
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Jackie Coogan in "Peck's Bad Boy"

Date: 1921
Description: Henry Peck, the "bad boy" played by Jackie Coogan, is caught with his hand in the apple barrel by a police officer in this scene still from the silent film...
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"Murphey's I.O.U." Publicity Still

Date: 1913
Description: Murphy the cop (played by Fred Mace) kneels as he is tormented by his wife (Dot Farley) who chokes him with one hand and raps him on the head with the othe...

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