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Valda Valkyrien and Frederick Warde

Date: 1916
Description: A scene still of Valda Valkyrien playing a young girl, possibly in the 1916 Thanhouser production of Silas Marner. If that is correct, the older act...
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Second Thanhouser Studio

Date: 1914
Description: Production still showing how three or more silent film scenes could be simultaneously filmed under the glass roof of the Thanhouser studio. The print is ca...
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Florence La Badie, Carl Leviness, and Harry Benham

Date: 1912
Description: Florence La Badie (sitting on stage in light coat and hat), Carl Leviness (leaning against stage with megaphone), and Harry Benham (far right looking up at...
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Office Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) is in a heated discussion with a police chief or some other authority (played by Morgan Jones) in a scene still from th...
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Store Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) talks to a cheese maker (Justus D. Barnes) in his shop in a scene still from the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The print ...
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Crowd Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: A crowd is gathered in a courtroom in this scene still from the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The blonde man on the far left is the actor N.Z. Wood. Zudora (...
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Outdoor Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: Hassam Ali (played by James Cruze) is evesdropping from behind a bush on his neice Zudora (Marguerite Snow) and John Storm (Harry Benham) in a scene still ...
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Basement Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: Zudora (played by Marguerite Snow) sits at a table while John Storm (Harry Benham) practices with a semi-automatic pistol in a candlelit basement in a scen...
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Basement Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: In a candlelit basement, John Storm (played by Harry Benham) loads bullets into a pistol magazine in a scene still for the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The ...
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Courtroom Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) slaps a moustached man (Arthur Bauer) with a piece of paper while a judge, witness (John Reinhard, rear right), court c...
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"Zudora" Stars Publicity Still

Date: 1914
Description: Stars of the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." From left to right James Cruze, Marguerite Snow, and Harry Benham.
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After a Fight, Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
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...
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Hands Up in a Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: Actor Harry Benham covers two ruffians with two pistols as Marguerite Snow ministers to an insensible young man on the floor in a scene still from the Than...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, Arthur Bauer, and a Host of Extras in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by a crowd of extras in evening clothes, a police officer (played by Arthur Bauer) holds out a wanted poster reading "Reward $50,000 Charles Bur...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, and Arthur Bauer scene still

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still set in a police station for the 1915 Thanhouser silent drama "Bianca Forgets" are Bianca Wells (played by Florence La Badie wearing a whit...
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Claude Cooper and Harry Benham in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: J. Courtleigh Brice (a spoiled son of wealth played by Harry Benham wearing a monocle) staggers down a path followed by a servant carrying a long box (Clau...
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Scene still with Marguerite Snow, Harry Benham, and Ethyle Cooke

Date: 1915
Description: The American millionaire's daughter Julie King (played by Marguerite Snow, left) shows the way out to J. Courtleigh Brice (Harry Benham in a monocle) to th...

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