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Paul Robeson in Pullman uniform
1933
Studio publicity portrait of Paul Robeson dressed in a Pullman porter's uniform for the 1933 film "The Emperor Jones."
"The Emperor Jones" premiere in New York
September 19, 1933
Crowded night-time scene in front of New York's Rivoli theater for the world premiere of the 1933 film "The Emperor Jones."
Production still of John Ford for "The Long Voyage Home"
1940
Director John Ford with his pipe in his mouth walking onto a location for "The Long Voyage Home" (1940).
Jules Levey and Dwight Eisenhower
1945
Hollywood motion picture producer Jules Levey and General Dwight Eisenhower pose for a publicity photograph. The occasion is a special December 1945 showing of "Abeline Town" in Washington D.C. for...
Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson and an amphibious airplane
1937
Osa Johnson, Martin Johnson, and Murut people pose with the Johnson's Sikorsky S-39 "The Spirit of Africa and Borneo" in a publicity still for the 1937 motion picture "Borneo."
James Wong Howe and Margaret Bourke-White on a camera crane
1943
Cinematographer James Wong Howe and photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White posed high up on a motion picture camera crane during the production of "The North Star" in 1943.
