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"Citizen Kane" Production Still
1941
Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheelchair. Cinematographer Gregg Toland, weari...
William Dieterle and Madline Carroll
Director William Dieterle, actress Madeline Carroll and other unidentified cast and crew during the production of the 1938 film "Blockade" on a sound stage. The set is made to look like the entranc...
"Diamond Handcuffs" Production Still
1928
Director John McCarthy watching as Henry Sharp films Eleanor Boardman and Lawrence Gray in a scene from the 1928 film "Diamond Handcuffs."
Irene Castle and Frank Hall Crane on a film set.
1917
Irene Castle and her director Frank Crane discussing a script on the set of either Vengence is Mine or Stranded in Arcady, two films they made in 1917. In the right foreground is a Pathé 35mm motio...
Production still of Marguerite Clark knitting.
1917
Silent film actress Marguerite Clark sits in a wicker chair and knits on a set for "Bab's Burglar." Behind her is a Pathé 35mm motion picture camera on a tripod.
"Citizen Kane"
1941
Orson Welles on podium in front of giant 'Kane' backdrop, in scene still for "Citizen Kane".