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Lulu Glaser

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Description: Lulu Glaser (1874-1958), renowned Victorian/Edwardian comedic actress and singer.
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Queenie Vassar

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Description: Queenie Vassar (1870-1960) Scottish-born stage and motion picture actress of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Miss Batchelor

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Description: Miss Batchelor, aspiring actress around the turn of the 19th century.
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Mrs. Stuart Robson

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Description: Mrs. Stuart Robson (1861-1924), actress, started her career as Miss May Waldron.
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Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
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John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
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Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca"

Date: 1942
Description: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a poster still for the Warner production "Casablanca" (Warner 1942).
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Miss Clara Morris with Yuba Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Miss Clara Morris, actress, poses beside a Yuba tractor in a farm field in "The Yuba Bulletin."
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Italian Program

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Description: A color program for the film "Riot in Cell Block 11" in Italian (Rivolta al Blocco 11). The cover shows two men attacking another man. An oversized image o...
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Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," Hynkel, played by Chaplin, dances with Madame Napaloni, played by Grac...
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Faye Emerson with Magazine Cover

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Description: Faye Emerson standing next to an enlarged cover for the June 20, 1950 edition of the magazine People Today. She is featured on the cover. Faye is al...
Poster

Imitation of Life lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Imitation of Life" starring Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, and Juanita Moore. The image on the card shows Lora Meredith (Lana Turn...
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Suddenly, Last Summer lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Suddenly, Last Summer" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift. The card shows Catherine Holly (El...
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Pillow Talk halfsheet poster

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Description: Halfsheet poster for the 1959 film "Pillow Talk" starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The poster shows Day and Hudson laying next to each other with their ...
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Some Like It Hot poster

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Description: British quad poster for the 1959 film "Some Like It Hot". The poster shows Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon holding up Marilyn Monroe. The men wear tuxedos an...
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Page from Rebecca Pressbook

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Description: A page from the pressbook for the re-release of the film Rebecca which starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The page encourages theaters to h...
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Lobby Card for "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Lobby card for the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men". An older woman, sitting and wearing a nice dress and hat, is grabbing the arm of a young man st...
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Lobby card for Man Crazy

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Description: Title lobby card for the 1953 film Man Crazy. A young woman in a sleeveless green dress stands on the left side of the image. Three small vignette...
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