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Richard Burton in "Alexander the Great"
Richard Burton, as Alexander the Great, stands with his arms upraised surrounded by soldiers with shields and very long lances in a scene from the 1956 film "Alexander the Great".
Scene from "Ham and Eggs at the Front"
Cally Brown (Louise Fazenda) and Ham (Tom Wilson) sit next to each other on a small sofa in a scene from the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front". They are both smiling and both have their outside...
Conrad Nagel and William Emile
Actor Conrad Nagel confers with fencing instructor William Emile on the set of the 1925 film "The Only Thing". Nagel wears a dress military uniform with medals and cords on his chest.
Scene from "Graustark"
Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) and Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) embrace in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". Yetive wears a wedding dress and veil while Lorry wears a uniform with epaule...
Myrna Loy in "Ham and Eggs at the Front"
Myrna Loy, who played the Sengalese spy Fifi in the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front", poses for a photograph. Loy is wearing a black curly wig and blackface makeup wherever her skin is not cov...
On the set of "The Only Thing"
Director Jack Conway and screenwriter Elinor Glyn talk to Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel on the set of the 1925 film "The Only Thing". The four stand underneath the raised swords of soldiers sta...
