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Vitagraph Production Still
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Frederick A. Thomson (at left in straw hat), Charles J. Davis (cranking what appears to be a Moy & Bastie camera), J. Stuart Blackton (in cap and bow tie and wearing glasses), and the actor E. H. Sothern (far right) in a production still for a Vitagraph silent film, most likely "The Chattel" of 1916.
1916
Vitagraph Company of America
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