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Dagmar Godowsky

Date: 12 28 1923
Description: Likely a 1923 Goldwyn production Red Lights publicity portrait of Dagmar Godowsky wearing a beaded headdress.
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"The Poverty Of Riches" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Tom Donaldson (played by John Bowers) is dressing with the help of his wife Grace (Louise Lovely) in a scene still from "The Poverty of Riches" (Goldwyn 19...
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Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, John Noble, and George Hill on the set of Sunshine Alley

Date: 1917
Description: The actors, cameraman, and director discuss the script on location for the silent film "Sunshine Alley" (Goldwyn, 1917). On the right is a Bell & Howell mo...
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Richard Tucker and his Dog

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actor Richard Tucker wears a gray suit and checked cap and has a pipe in his mouth as he pets his dog. Original caption: "Richard Tucker, G...
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Cullen Landis in a Racing Car

Date: 1921
Description: Goldwyn silent film star Cullen Landis behind the wheel of a racing car with 1921 California license plates. Original caption: "Here's Cullen Landis in...
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Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl"

Date: 1918
Description: Minnie Penelope Peck (played by Mabel Normand) stands on the doorstep of an impoverished house with a traveling bag in her hand.
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Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl"

Date: 1918
Description: Minnie Penelope Peck (played by Mabel Normand) stands in the village street wearing a wooden barrel over the middle of her gingham dress. (Goldwyn 1918)
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John Bowers and Leatrice Joy in "The Ace of Hearts"

Date: 1921
Description: Forrest (played by John Bowers) holds an axe as Lilith (Leatrice Joy) gazes into his face in this scene still from the silent film "The Ace of Hearts." The...
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John Barrymore as "Sherlock Holmes"

Date: 1922
Description: Half-length promotional still of John Barrymore playing Sherlock Holmes in a night scene from "Sherlock Holmes' (Goldwyn 1922).
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"Sherlock Holmes" Scene Still

Date: 1922
Description: Billy the pageboy (played by Jerry Devine) talks to Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore), who is stretched out on a sofa smoking a pipe in a scene still from t...
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John Barrymore and Carol Dempster in "Sherlock Holmes"

Date: 1922
Description: Sherlock Holmes (played by John Barrymore) and Alice Faulkner (Carol Dempster) in a night-time scene still for the 1922 silent film version of "Sherlock Ho...
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"The Poverty of Riches" Production Still

Date: 1921
Description: The director (Reginald Barker, seated wearing knickers and over-the-calf socks), cameraman cranking a Bell & Howell model 2709 (most probably Percy Hilburn...
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Publicity Still of Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "This might be a demonstration of a clubby way to sharpen a carving knife, or it might be nothing but a snapshot of Helene Chadwick and R...
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing...
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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in a rough wool military coat) warmly embraces Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar) in this scene still from ...
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Scene Still with Cullen Landis, Mary Jane Irving, and Will Rogers

Date: 1919
Description: Will Rogers, playing the school teacher Sam Lyman at right, comforts Cullen Landis and a young Mary Jane Irving in a scene still for "Almost a Husband."
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Scene Still with Ed Brady, Peggy Wood, and Will Rogers

Date: 1919
Description: Zeb Sawyer, a wealthy mule dealer played by Ed Brady, is very interested in Eva McElwyn (Peggy Wood) who sits in a carriage with Sam Lyman (Will Rogers) in...
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Madge Kennedy and Kathryn Adams scene still for "Baby Mine."

Date: 1917
Description: Dressed in their nightgowns, Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) and Aggie (Kathryn Adams) are in twin beds. Kennedy is sitting up and Adams is lying down.
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Frank Morgan and Madge Kennedy Publicity Still for "Baby Mine"

Date: 1917
Description: The actors Frank Morgan and Madge Kennedy embrace in this publicity still for "Baby Mine" (Goldwyn 1917). In the silent film they play Alfred and Zoie, a m...
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Madge Kennedy at a Writing Desk

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still for the 1917 Goldwyn production "Baby Mine," Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) sits at a writing desk and gazes at a photograph of her hus...

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