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W.C. Fields in "Poppy"

Date: 1923
Description: W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats.
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil...
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Sound Booth Operator

Date: 1931
Description: The mixer in a sound booth talks to actor Ramon Novarro and director Jacques Feyder as they record dialogue for the film "Son of India."
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"The Kiss" Production Still

Date: 1916
Description: Jean-Marie (Owen Moore) kisses Luise D'Auvergne (Marguerite Courtot) in a still from the Famous Players film "The Kiss."
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"A Trick of Fate" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Actress Bessie Barriscale looking thoughtful on a chaise lounge as she plays Mary Lee, a Virginia debutante, in "A Trick of Fate" (Exhibitors Mutual, 1919)...
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John Gilbert and Marlene Dietrich

Date: 1935
Description: Actor John Gilbert sits next to Marlene Dietrich at a party thrown by Clifton Webb. They are both in formal dress. There are empty dinner plates and a bask...
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"Sylvia of the Secret Service" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Suzanne Willa (playing Fay Walling) and Erich Von Stroheim (playing Hemming).
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"A Star is Born" scene still

Date: 1937
Description: Scene still of a fictional camera and sound crew shooting Frederic March (playing actor Norman Maine) and Janet Gaynor (as Vicki Lester) on set in David O....
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William (Bill) Lundigan and his Daughter

Date: 07 08 1959
Description: William Lundigan is seen with his daughter on the set of the television show Men Into Space. He is wearing a spacesuit and helmet. His daughter is t...
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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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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Leo Gordon, Neville Brand and Joel Fluellen stand in front of Robert Osterloh, sitting, who is holding a pencil in one hand and a cigarette in the other. A...

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