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Hollywood Proteges

Date: 06 21 1934
Description: Portrait of boy and girl, Jackie and Patsy Paige, stage names of child film actors, children of Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Rengstorff. They were in town visiting t...
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Publicity Portrait of Irene Castle

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle posed in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. She looking over her shoulder at the camera and is wearing...
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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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Irene Castle in "French Heels"

Date: 1922
Description: Irene Castle in a complicated satin and tulle costume in her role as the cabaret dancer Palma May in the silent film "French Heels" (Holtre 1922).
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress in a full-length pose in a publicity photograph for the silent film "Patria" (International 1917).
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1916
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress poses full-length in an air-brushed publicity photograph. The caption printed on the back of the print reads:...
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Ruth Chatterton in The Man With a Load of Mischief

Date: 1925
Description: Ruth Chatterton and Ralph Forbes posing in costumes from the play The Man With a Load of Mischief. Chatterton holds a riding crop and wears a long v...
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Louis Haines and Pearl White seated in a scene still

Date: 1921
Description: The banker J. Peter Weathersby (played by Louis Haines grinning with a cigar in his hand) sits beside Sally Marrio (Pearl White) who is delivering a pair o...
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picking Fruit

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t...
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Edith Head and Janet Leigh

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Description: Janet Leigh and Edith Head standing next to a table with five Oscar statues. Edith is holding an Oscar statue in her hands. Janet is wearing a full-length ...
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Theda Bara

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Description: Theda Bara posing in front of a wall or backdrop that looks like a forest. She is holding strands of beads, which are attached to her dress, in each hand. ...
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Chaplin, Pickford and Fairbanks

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Description: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks standing next to each other. Chaplin has his feet turned inward while Pickford and Fairbanks have thei...
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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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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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Alverno College Masquers at Rehearsal

Date: 02 14 1961
Description: Overhead view of a stage. Three women are reclining on the set to the upper left. A man is standing in the lower right, gesturing toward them. Caption read...
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Mae West publicity photograph

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Description: Publicity photograph of Mae West circa 1912. West wears a sleeveless dress with beaded overlay. She stands with her back to the camera and looks over her...
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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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