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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
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Keystone Oriental Set Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Mack Sennett, in a dark suit, and two technicians stand by a Prestwich camera on the set of an unidentified Middle Eastern themed Keystone Comedy. A belly ...
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MGM Silent Film Crew

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Director Nick Grinde (in two-tone shoes) and 15 members of his film crew pose for a MGM production still. Present are a woman playing the harmonium (far le...
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Alfred Hitchcock on Set

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock is seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He stands in front of the camera which is on a dolly. The cameraman looks at Hitc...
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Sid Boyum Directing Video

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Description: Sid Boyum, at right in the director's chair, and a Gisholt executive on the left. They are sitting while working on a Gisholt film.
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Glander Art Studio, Exterior

Date: 1914
Description: Opening its doors to the public in December, 1914, the new Glander Building at 822 Washington Street is home to the Glander Art Studio on the northeast cor...
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Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Visiting in the atrium of University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are (left to right): Dave W...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin sits at the far end of a long restaurant table at the Waldorf Astoria talking to ten reporters. A waiter serves drinks.
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin talking to nine reporters sitting at the end of a long restaurant table at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Behind them, a waiter is watchi...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin talking to fifteen reporters sitting on upholstered chairs around him in a meeting room at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. A small coffee ...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin talking to eight or more reporters sitting around him in a meeting room at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin listening to a woman reporter during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria related to the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator." Ab...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin sitting talking to reporters, about six of whom are visible. A small table covered with glasses of ice water, a coffee cup, cigarettes, etc...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin and a reporter sitting side by side during a meeting of the press at the Waldorf Astoria for the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator."...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting on the far left with his arm draped over the chair and is talking to a circle of about twelve seated reporters during a meeting ...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin talking over his shoulder to a man while handing a hotel maid a piece of paper which he has perhaps autographed. They are in a hallway of t...
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Publicity Photograph for "The Great Dictator" at its New York Premiere

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: In the center of a large crowd of people in the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white smiles for a press photographer just a few feet ...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting at the far left end of a restaurant table gesturing with his hands held by his forehead. Six reporters are listening to him. Thi...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin, sitting at the end of a long restaurant table, shaking hands with the man sitting on his left. Down the table are five or six more reporte...

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