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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) stands with his arm around Do... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Maritana, a gypsy dancing girl played by Estelle Taylor, and Don Caesar de Bazan (William Farnum) are rather joyful in a scene still from the 1920 Fox prod... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | The young chorus girl Eileen (played by Lila Lee) is in the embrace of the millionaire Larry Taylor (Jack Holt) in an outdoor publicity still for William d... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | George Beban is in character as Pietro Massena, the Italian ditch digger in "The Alien." Beban wrote and acted in the stage version which was titled "The S... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In this publicity still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall are talking outdoors in a rose garden. Both are dressed very fashion... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | In this publicity still for "Ambrose's Cup of Woe," Edgar Kennedy plays an artist in black velvet jacket and beret who sits contemplating his painting with... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Mildred Davis points off screen while Harold Lloyd looks alarmed. Both wear riding clothes in a scene still for "Among Those Present." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Annie Johnson (played by Mary Miles Minter) is an orphan working in a shop. She has just hit her finger with a hammer while trying to repair a shoe in a sc... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Willard Kaine Nottingham (played by George Fisher) removes a coat from a box and looks at Annie Johnson (Mary Miles Minter) in a scene still from the silen... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Finishing school student Ann Anderson (played by Margarita Fischer) sits in her room mooning over a photograph of her boyfriend Teddy Barnes in a scene sti... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Robert Chappell (played by Jack Mower) comforts Ann Anderson (Margarita Fischer, costumed in mourning clothes) as Madame D'Arcy watches (Adelaide Elliot) i... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Ethel Gray Terry and Earle Williams embrace in a publicity still for the 1917 Vitagraph film "Arsene Lupin." |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | The banker William Blane (played by Joseph Kilgour) is standing with clenched fists watching his wife Cherry O'Day (Betty Compson) in the embrace of Harvey... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Seated on an antique chest, Elsie Ferguson models a light-colored gown, and beside her is a fur-trimmed watered-silk wrap. The French fashion house Callot ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Seated on a stool with an elbow resting on a dresser, Elsie Ferguson models a white silk gown in a publicity still for "The Avalanche." The French fashion ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Standing looking back over her shoulder, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a floor length black silk gown decorated with strings of black beads in... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Posed by a door with her hand on her hip, Chichita (played by Elsie Ferguson) models a floor length black silk gown decorated with strings of black beads i... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Ethel Barrymore, wearing a mid-19th century dress with basque waist and crinoline, stands by a window. She is costumed for the title role in the 1916 silen... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Barbara Marvin (played by Corinne Griffith) stands on a landing and flexes her biceps in a scene still for "Bab's Candidate" (Vitagraph 1920). She wears ba... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The prostitute called Anne of Austria, played by Mildred Owens, clasps a small cross and cries in a scene still for "The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House.... |
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