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Harlow in "Hell's Angels"

Date: 1930
Description: Production still from "Hell's Angels," the Howard Hughes 1930 film, which launched the career of 18-year-old Jean Harlow. She is shown here with co-stars B...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1906
Description: An early waist-up publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt sitting on a chair. She wears an intricate lace dress and a large hat covered with feathers.
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Lenore Ulric Listening to the Radio

Date: 1922
Description: Broadway star Lenore Ulric, dressed and made-up for the stage, listens to an early portable radio receiver.
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis in "Hellcats of the Navy"

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, stars of Columbia Pictures' "Hellcats of the Navy."
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Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for "Brother Rat"

Date: 1938
Description: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for Warner Brothers' film "Brother Rat."
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Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in "Kings Row"

Date: 1941
Description: Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in a scene from the Warner Brothers' film "Kings Row."
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Men Into Space

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley, stands next to Fred Beir, who played Lt. Art Frey, and Nan Peterson, who appeared as Ann Hammond on an episode of...
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Nancy Gates on Men Into Space

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Description: Nancy Gates, who plays Renza Hale on an episode of the television show Men Into Space, is shown in a spacesuit and helmet on the lunar landscape set...
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Ruth Chatterton in La Tendresse

Date: 1922
Description: Ruth Chatterton and Henry Miller are shown in a scene from the play La Tendresse. Chatterton sits in a chair while Miller stands above her with his ...
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Ruth Chatterton in The Man With a Load of Mischief

Date: 1925
Description: Ruth Chatterton and Ralph Forbes posing in costumes from the play The Man With a Load of Mischief. Chatterton holds a riding crop and wears a long v...
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Still from "The Show"

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Description: Cock Robin (John Gilbert) stands behind a big cat that is tied to a column. A man sits on a throne with a woman and man sitting on either side of him. An a...
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"Helen of Troy" Still

Date: 1956
Description: Still of Rossana Podesta as Helen and Jacques Sernas as Paris from the 1956 film "Helen of Troy." The two gaze into each others eyes as they stand opposite...
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The Absent-Minded Professor

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Description: Still photograph of Nancy Allen and Fred MacMurray riding through the clouds in his Flubber powered Model T.
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Spencer Tracy and Jeanette MacDonald

Date: 1936
Description: Spencer Tracy and Jeanette MacDonald standing and holding hands in a scene from the film San Francisco. They are looking off to the right. MacDonald...
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Agnes Moorehead as Endora

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Description: Portrait of Agnes Moorehead as Endora in a scene from the TV show Bewitched. She is standing with one foot on a large cushion and is holding up her ...
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Gena Rowlands

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Description: Candid portrait of Gena Rowlands for the TV movie Crazy in Love. She is sitting outside wearing a red sweater and a tan baseball cap.
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"His Wedding Night"

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Description: Fatty Arbuckle siting on a car fender holding Alice Mann in a still from the short film "His Wedding Night." Al St. John is lying on the ground under the c...
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"Phantom of the Opera"

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Description: The Phantom (Lon Chaney) holding on to Christine's (Mary Philbin) arm. He is looking off to the side while she is looking over her shoulder at him.
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"The Ice Flood" Lobby Card

Date: 1926
Description: Lobby card for the film "The Ice Flood." The main image shows a man standing over another man in a makeshift boxing ring with a crowd all around them. The ...

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