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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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Aching Youth Poster

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Description: Photograph of a poster for the 1928 film Aching Youth starring Charley Chase. Chase stands at the center of the poster with his hands on his hips. H...
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Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche

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Description: Don Ameche (standing) and Ralph Bellamy (sitting) pose as the Duke Brothers from the film Trading Places.
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Pat O'Brien

Date: 1937
Description: Publicity photograph of Pat O'Brien for the film The Great O'Malley. He is smiling and looking directly into the camera.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Date: 1932
Description: Fredric March appears as both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a publicity photograph for the Paramount film. March as Dr. Jekyll wears a tuxedo. Mr. Hyde wears ...
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Pat O'Brien and Ronald Reagan

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Description: Pat O'Brien, as Knute Rockne, standing behind Ronald Reagan who is playing George Gipp, in the film Knute Rockne All American. Reagan is sitting on ...
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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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Buster Keaton

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Description: Publicity photo of Buster Keaton sitting cross-legged on a stool and holding a book in front of a piano. He is looking off to the side.
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"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

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Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton and James Cagney from the film "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye." Payton is standing just behind Cagney and is looking over his sho...
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John A. Glander, Artist Photographer

Date: 1932
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of John A. Glander in his artist's smock retouching a large photograph of a band. Mr. Glander was, for the most part, a self-...
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James Wong Howe and John Garfield

Date: 1947
Description: Cinematographer James Wong Howe applying makeup to actor John Garfield who is sitting in a chair on the set of the 1947 film "Body and Soul."
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Warren William, Louis Hayward, and Walter Kingsford

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Description: Actors Warren William, Louis Hayward, and Walter Kingsford in a scene from the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." Hawyard is holding the iron mask. The ...
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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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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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Percy Marmont in "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Easy-Money Charley, played by Percy Marmont, has a look of consternation on his face in a scene from the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men". He wears ...
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Percy Marmont in "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Percy Marmont, as Easy-Money Charlie in the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men", standing on the street with a tray of items and a sign reading: "I AM ...
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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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Harry Carey publicity still

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Description: Publicity still of actor Harry Carey for the 1921 film The Fox. Carey stands against a white wall and is wears a cowboy hat, neckerchief and cowboy...

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