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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Ramon Novarro on a motion picture set dressed as a French army officer, perhaps from Mr. Barnes of New York. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Publicity portrait of Ramon Novarro in costume for the role of Rupert of Hentzau in The Prisoner of Zenda (MGM 1922). Novarro autographed this Hoove... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Florence Lawrence watches as a young man with bandaged hands and face is transferred by two orderlies from a gurney onto a hospital bed. Also visible in th... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Pearl White stands in front of a painted studio background, sword in hand, wearing the female version of a U.S. Army cavalry uniform. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Grace Cunard sits on a bed and frets while a maid looks on in a publicity still for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin" for which Cunard was both writer... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Group shot of the cast and crew for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin," taken after shooting the final scene. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are in the ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Jen Galbraith (played by Betty Compson) is embraced by Sergeant Flaherty of the Canadian Mounties (Tom Moore) in a snowy wilderness by a rushing river in a... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in 1860s or 1870s period costume. They are apparently being guarded by two U.S. Army soldiers in this scene still for "A... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Night-time scene still from the Triangle silent film "Taxi," featuring Taylor Holmes (playing Robert Hervey Randolph) leaning on his taxi. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Arnold Lucy (playing a valet) wraps a towel around Wesley Barry (Speck Brown) who has just gotten out of the bath in a scene still from "School Days" (Warn... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Larry Young (played by Wallace Reid in the uniform of a sergeant in the Canadian army) embraces Elaine Debaux (Ann Little in a nurse's cape) in a scene sti... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) stands grinning over the shou... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The silent film actors Viola Dana and Bert Lytell, wearing costumes for different productions, knock their coffee cups together in a toast that is apparent... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bert Lytell poses in a prisoner's striped uniform in a publicity still for the silent film "Alias Jimmy Valentine" (Metro 1920). A dramatic shaft of light ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bert Lytell, his face illuminated by a small spotlight, poses in a prisoner's striped uniform in a publicity still for the silent film "Alias Jimmy Valenti... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | After the invasion of the United States, Americans are threatened by the enemy leader Mr. Emanon (played by L. Rodgers Lytton in profile at far right) and ... |
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