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Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish

Date: 1921
Description: Lillian Gish, in costume as Henriette Girard, and Dorothy Gish, as Louise Girard, in a publicity photograph for D.W. Griffith's 1921 production "Orphans of...
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"Blockade" Blankets Havana

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Description: Movie theater marquee in Havana, Cuba advertising the 1938 film "Blockade" starring Henry Fonda. There is a man dressed in white standing on the sidewalk b...
Photograph

Marquee for "The Dictator" in Havana

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Description: A movie theater marquee on top of a building in Havana advertising Charlie Chaplin's film "The Dictator." The caption below the photograph reads: "HAVANA —...
Manuscript

"Roman Scandals" Pressbook

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Description: Excerpt from the pressbook for the 1933 film "Roman Scandals" which starred Eddie Cantor highlighting Louis Philippe Lipstick and Caron's Nuit de Noel (Xma...
Manuscript

"Roman Scandals" Pressbook

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Description: A "Special Newspaper Section" from the pressbook for the 1933 film "Roman Scandals" starring Eddie Cantor. The section plays off the song "Build a Little ...

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