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Movie Goers with Boy Scouts and Indian

Date: 11 22 1930
Description: People lined up in front of the Strand Theater, 16 E. Mifflin Street, to see "The Big Trail." Also shows Boy Scouts, their leader and an Indian with a sign...
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"Monte Carlo"

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Display advertising "Monte Carlo" movie featuring roulette wheel in Capitol lobby? A man is standing behind a table on the right.
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Marbro Theater

Date: 04 06 1933
Description: International A-3 armor plated Brinks truck parked outside of the Marbro Theater in Chicago. The theater's marquee advertises "Cohens & Kellys in Hollywood...
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"Our Daily Bread" Movie Still

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: A woman, possibly actress Mary Duncan, sits behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering tractor while a man stands beside her on the set of the Fox Film produc...
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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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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind"

Date: 1939
Description: Clark Gable (playing Rhett Butler) embraces Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) who is dressed in mourning clothes in a publicity still from the Selznick produc...
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"Murphey's I.O.U." Publicity Still

Date: 1913
Description: Murphy the cop (played by Fred Mace) kneels as he is tormented by his wife (Dot Farley) who chokes him with one hand and raps him on the head with the othe...
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"School Days" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Speck Brown (played by Wesley Barry) wearing fancy new city clothes--a Chesterfield coat, checked trousers, spats, cane, white gloves, and a straw boater--...
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"A Trick of Fate" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Actress Bessie Barriscale as Anna Gerard, the Parisian singer at the Black Rat night club in "A Trick of Fate" (Exhibitors Mutual, 1919).
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John Gilbert's Publicity Still for "The Show"

Date: 1927
Description: Publicity still for the film "The Show." John Gilbert is seen in profile — he is wearing a hat, striped shirt, and a scarf around his neck.
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Publicity Still of John Gilbert in "The Cossacks"

Date: 1928
Description: Publicity still of actor John Gilbert in "The Cossacks." He is looking towards the left and smiling, and is wearing a big bushy hat and holding a gun at hi...
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Laraine Day takes a photograph of Joel McCrea; both are smiling. Both are dressed very nicely. In the background a crew member looks at them from a raised ...
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Barbara La Marr at Film Premiere

Date: 06 1924
Description: Lew Cody, Barbara La Marr, and Paul Bern attend the premiere of Norma Talmadge's film "Secrets" in Hollywood. The men are wearing tuxedos and Barbara wears...
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Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous

Date: 1937
Description: Publicity photograph of Spencer Tracy as Manuel in the film Captains Courageous. He is wearing a knit stocking cap and corduroy coat.
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Cast of Cocoon

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Description: A composite photograph of the four main couples from the film Cocoon. The couples are, starting clockwise from the upper left: Wilford Brimley and M...
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Shirley Clarke on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: Shirley Clarke standing on the sidewalk outside of a restaurant while shooting the film "The Cool World." She is holding a glass and is being handed someth...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor in the film "The Cool World" are standing on the sidewalk outside a restaurant. She is wearing a cocktail dress and a fur wrap. He is ...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor standing just outside the entrance of a restaurant while shooting the film "The Cool World." The woman is wearing a cocktail dress and...
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Lon Chaney in "The Unholy Three"

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Description: Lon Chaney, as Echo The Ventriloquist, smiling and tipping his hat in a publicity photo for the 1925 film "The Unholy Three."
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"London After Midnight"

Date: 1927
Description: Lon Chaney in one of his disguises for the film "London After Midnight." Chaney is wearing sharpened vampire teeth, long hair, and a top hat.

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