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Scene still with Lillian Walker, Kathlyn Williams, Irving Cummings, Ben Alexander, Clara Kimball Young, and Elinor Hancock
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During a tea party in an English garden, Little Dick Beverly (played by the child actor Ben Alexander) feeds a piece of cake to the American visitor Charmian Page (Clara Kimball Young) in a scene still for the silent drama "The Better Wife." Around them are Lillian Walker (far left, playing Helen Kingdon), Kathlyn Williams (seated in a black hat playing Lady Beverly), and Elinor Hancock (far right). Standing with a monocle in his hand is the Comte de Cheveral, played by Irving Cummings.
1919
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Alec B. Francis and Clara Kimball Young
1916
Clara Kimball Young (playing Sonia Sokoloff) and two other actors in a scene still from "The Yellow Passport" (1916). The bearded man may be Sonia's uncle Myron Abram (played by Alec B. Francis).
Virginia Pearson and Irving Cummings
1917
Roma Winnet and Bob Lawson (played by Virginia Pearson and Irving Cummings) embrace in a scene still from "Wrath of Love."
Pauline Frederick and Irving Cummings
1916
Myra and Bryan (played by Pauline Frederick and Irving Cummings) are locked in an embrace in a highly retouched scene still from "The World's Great Snare."
Wallace Reid and Kathlyn Williams at the piano, scene still
1917
Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid) and Stella Benton (Kathlyn Williams) share a romantic moment at the piano in a scene still for the silent drama "Big Timber."
Irving Cummings, Ethel Barrymore, and Charles Dickson scene still.
1917
Looks of love and surprise pass between Jasper Mallory (played by Irving Cummings) and Elizabeth Carter (Ethel Barrymore) in a scene still for "An American Widow." Standing behind Barrymore is acto...
Clara Kimball Young and her Father
1918
The actor Edward M. Kimball, wearing pince-nez, reads a script to his daughter, the silent film star Clara Kimball Young. She is on a chaise lounge with a magazine in her lap and a far-away express...
