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Robert Warwick in "An Adventure in Hearts"

Date: 1919
Description: Captain Dieppe (played by Robert Warwick) sits gloomily on the arm of a chair in the Northern Italian castle of Count Fieramondi. In his hand is a distres...
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"After the Show" Publicity Still

Date: 1921
Description: The young chorus girl Eileen (played by Lila Lee) is in the embrace of the millionaire Larry Taylor (Jack Holt) in an outdoor publicity still for William d...
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Portrait of Billie Burke

Date: 1918
Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1918 Famous Players-Lasky film comedy The Make Believe Wife. T...
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Scene Still with Leslie Casey and Wallace Reid

Date: 1922
Description: The Reverend David Burroughs (played by Leslie Casey) has a serious discussion with William Burroughs (Wallace Reid) in a scene still from "The World's Cha...
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"Daughter of the Wolf" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lila Lee (as Annette Ainsworth) confronts the camera with a loaded revolver in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Players silent film "A Daughter of the Wo...
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John Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Parmount Artcraft Picture

Date: 1920
Description: John Barrymore, as Dr. Henry Jekyll, kisses the hand of Martha Mansfield, as Millicent Carew, in a production still from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Fa...
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John Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Parmount Artcraft Picture

Date: 1920
Description: John Barrymore, as Mr. Edward Hyde, rents a shabby room from an old woman in a production still from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Famous Players-Lasky 1...
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John Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Parmount Artcraft Picture

Date: 1920
Description: A very handsome John Barrymore in top hat and cape, as Dr. Henry Jekyll, in a full-length publicity still from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Famous Playe...
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Scene Still of John Barrymore and Brandon Hurst in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Date: 1920
Description: Dr. Henry Jekyll (played by John Barrymore) is confronted by Sir George Carew (Brandon Hurst) in Jekyll's laboratory in the Famous Players-Lasky Corporatio...
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Nita Naldi in a Scene Still from Blood and Sand

Date: 1922
Description: Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) relaxes smoking a cigarette on a divan as her male servant plays the lute in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky produ...
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Scene Still with Richard Barthelmess and Nita Naldi

Date: 1921
Description: Youth (played by Richard Barthelmess) is given the full treatment by Temptation (Nita Naldi) in the 1921 George Fitzmaurice production Experience.
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Production Still with Jack Mulhall and Marguerite Clark

Date: 1920
Description: In this production still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Jack Mulhall and Marguerite Clark kneel and act a scene in front of a tapestry. In the foreground, Wa...
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Kathlyn Williams and Bell & Howell Camera

Date: 1920
Description: Actress Kathlyn Williams wearing an evening dress sits in William C. de Mille's director's chair holding his small megaphone. Behind her is one of the Bell...
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Adelaide Klanowski Swanson and Gloria Swanson

Date: 01 31 1919
Description: The silent film star Gloria Swanson and her mother Adelaide Klanowski Swanson embrace in a Famous Players-Lasky publicity still. Both wear winter coats wit...
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Milton Sills and Dorothy Dalton

Date: 1922
Description: Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) comes up behind Clement Gaunt (Milton Sills) apparently to sneak a small money bag into the pocket of his corduro...
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Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson

Date: 1921
Description: Anatol Spencer (played by Wallace Reid) carries his wife Vivian (Gloria Swanson) in his arms in this scene still from Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 production "T...
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Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall Publicity Still

Date: 1920
Description: In this publicity still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall are talking outdoors in a rose garden. Both are dressed very fashion...
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"The Kiss" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Luise D'Auvergne (Marguerite Courtot) and Jean-Marie (Owen Moore) board a seaplane in a production still from the Famous Players film "The Kiss."
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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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Theodore Roberts, Mary MacLaren, and Wallace Reid in "Across the Continent"

Date: 1922
Description: John Dent (played by Theodore Roberts) greets Louise Fowler (Mary MacLaren) and his son Jimmy Dent (Wallace Reid) after they have won a transcontinental au...

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