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Orson Welles

Date: 1975
Description: A classic Orson Welles publicity still showing him looking intensely into the camera while gesturing with his hands.
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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Eight people are standing in front of an Oakland automobile and airplane, and four more...
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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Three people are standing in front of an automobile parked next to an airplane at Pennc...
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Samuel Goldwyn and his Wife, Frances Goldwyn

Date: 1925
Description: Samuel Goldwyn and (the second) Mrs. Goldwyn (nee Frances Howard) after their marriage in Jersey City. Photo by Ira L. Hill's Studio.
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Anita Loos

Date: 1918
Description: The writer Anita Loos and the director John Emerson looking over a script on a film set. Emerson has a pince-nez on a cord and sits in a director's chair. ...
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Victor Sjöström in Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries)

Date: 1957
Description: Scene still of Victor Sjöström as the elderly Dr. Isak Borg in Ingmar Bergman's Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries, 1957).
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François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Cargol in L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child)

Date: 1970
Description: Scene still of François Truffaut, as Dr. Jean Itard, and Jean-Pierre Cargol, as the wild child Victor, in Truffaut's L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child,
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Marshall Neilan

Date: 1919
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Marshall Neilan, silent film actor and director.
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Marshall Neilan

Date: 1919
Description: Profile portrait of Marshall Neilan, silent film actor and director.
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Marshall Neilan and Marjorie Daw publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: Marshall Neilan, the director of Don't Ever Marry (1920), and Marjorie Daw, the female lead. Original caption: "NIX ON THE FANCY FOOD, SAYS MARSHA...
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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and Faxon Dean

Date: 1921
Description: Production still from All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. Seated on a cushion on the floor, Chester Franklin is directing a ten...
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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and a Cello Player

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still for All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. From left to right: the child actor Mickey Moore plays a harmonica, the ...
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Young Orson Welles

Date: 1946
Description: A dramatic, glamorous portrait of a young Orson Welles holding a cigar.
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Autographed Orson Welles Portrait

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Description: Portrait of a young, handsome Orson Welles with an inscription.
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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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Cygnet Films

Date: 10 1968
Description: Bill Duren (in the background), owner of Cygnet Films, talks with a production assistant during shooting for a training film. Cygnet Films, which was based...
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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978). Schnaffner is looking through the viewfinder of a Panaflex camera.
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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978) in a quarter-length portrait taken during production. He wears a dark cap.
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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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Actors and Director John Ford

Date: 1956
Description: Director John Ford (in glasses and a hat) on the set of the film "The Searchers," with actors including John Wayne (left) and Doris del Rio. Behind them st...

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