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John Gilbert with Pipe

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of actor John Gilbert with a pipe in his mouth.
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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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John Gilbert in "Redemption"

Date: 1930
Description: Head and shoulders publicity still of actor John Gilbert for the film Redemption which was released in 1930. He looks directly at the viewer and is wearing...
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Student Nurse Susan Beckman

Date: 05 01 1971
Description: Susan Beckman, a student nurse at County General Hospital, carries a sign protesting the portrayal of nurses in a movie "The Student Nurses".
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Don Ameche in The Three Musketeers

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Description: Publicity photograph of Don Ameche in character as D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers. He has long hair, a thin mustache and goatee. The costume inc...
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"Miss Lulu Bett"

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Description: Still from the 1922 film "Miss Lulu Bett". Lois Wilson and Theodore Roberts look at each other while Milton Sills looks suspiciously at Roberts. The three ...
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Myrna Loy in "Ham and Eggs at the Front"

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Description: Myrna Loy, who played the Sengalese spy Fifi in the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front", poses for a photograph. Loy is wearing a black curly wig and bla...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) and Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) embrace in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". Yetive wears a wedding dress and ve...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) kisses and nuzzles the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". The two are dres...
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Greta Garbo and Clarence Brown

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Description: Greta Garbo and director Clarence Brown sit at a table on the set of the 1930 film "Anna Christie". They both are looking up at a microphone.
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Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland in "Camille"

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Description: Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland gaze into each other's eyes in a scene from the 1926 film "Camille". He is dressed in a suit and she wears a light sleev...
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Norma Talmadge in "The Forbidden City"

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Description: Norma Talmadge sits and clutches a doll in a publicity photograph for the 1918 film "The Forbidden City." As the character Toy, she is wearing a tradition...
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"The Sign on the Door" still

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Description: Norma Talmadge, playing Ann Hunniwell Regan, descends a flight of stairs and sees Frank Devereaux, played by Lew Cody, holding on a to a young woman (possi...
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Norma Talmadge in "The Moth"

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Description: Norma Talmadge, as Lucy Gillam, stands with her hand on one hip and looks at Eugene O'Brien who plays Capt. Bridgey in the 1917 film "The Moth". The two a...
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Marie Prevost

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Description: Marie Prevost poses for a publicity photograph for the 1926 film "Up in Mabel's Room". She stands in front of a door and has one hand to her cheek while l...
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Still from Circe the Enchantress

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Description: Circe (Mae Murray), Ballard Barrett (Charles Gerrard), and William Craig (William Haines) stand/sit underneath a water feature in a still from the 1924 fil...

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