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Raymond Bloomer, Marion Davies, and five other actors in a scene still
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Jack Bronson (played by Raymond Bloomer) has been beaten senseless in an underworld bar. Violet Gray (played by Marion Davies dressed in a Salvation Army uniform) kneels beside him to offer aid in a scene still from the silent drama "The Belle of New York."
1919
Marion Davies Film Corporation
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Scene still with Zasu Pitts and David Butler
1919
Nancy Scroggs (played by Zasu Pitts) and Peter Van Alstyne (David Butler) flirt in a doorway in a scene still for the silent drama "Better Times."
Scene still with Dorothy Gish and Ernest Marion.
1918
Jane the waif (played by Dorothy Gish) offers Baby Sheldon (Ernest Marion) a pancake in a scene still for the silent film "Battling Jane." Behind them is a large male cook in a kitchen.
Lon Chaney and Raymond McKee in a scene still
1922
In a medical operating room, Robert Sandell (played by Raymond McKee) is shocked by what he has read in the notepad that the Hunchback (Lon Chaney) has given him in a scene still for the silent hor...
Billy B. Van and Raymond Hitchcock in a scene still
1922
The undertaker Sobini (played by Billy B. Van) struggles for the spaghetti with Dr. Arbutus Budd (Raymond Hitchcock) in a scene still for the silent 1922 comedy "The Beauty Shop."
Mary Pickford and large group of actors in a rehearsal onstage
1914
The young actress Dolly Lane (played by Mary Pickford) rehearses onstage with a dozen or so other actors in the chorus in a scene still for the silent drama "Behind the Scenes."
Scene still with Anna Luther and George Walsh
1916
Mildred Manning (played by Anna Luther) kisses ranch owner Del Burton (George Walsh) in a scene still for "The Beast" (Fox 1916).
