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| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Robbers, guns drawn, escort the engineer from the locomotive in a scene from The Great Train Robbery. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Held against her will on a desolate island, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) is forced to write her own kidnapping note by Spagnoli (Al Ernest Gar... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Actor Harry Benham points accusingly at a ruffian on the floor as two police officers subdue two criminals in a scene still from the Thanhouser serial "Zud... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Ann Anderson (played by Margarita Fischer) is accosted by two ruffians in an outdoor scene still from the 1918 Mutual production "Ann's Finish." The man in... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The leader of a band of Mexican desperadoes, Steve Denton (played by William S. Hart), has his heart softened by the innocent young Mary Beth Garth (Bessie... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Sitting on a table in a filthy cellar, Prudence Thorne (played by Billie Burke) compares knives with a Chinaman as four other thugs watch in a scene still ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist... |
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