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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Promotional postcard for the 1915 Universal serial "The Broken Coin," featuring cameo photographs of the stars Francis Ford (as Count Frederick) and Grace ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) and Count Frederick (played by Francis Ford) stand in a dungeon and stare off-camera in horror in a scene still from Ep... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A stooped old man with a long beard approaches Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) with some large keys in a scene still from Episode 8 "The Prison in the ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Templeton (played by Jack Perrin) throttles a man as Marama Thurston (Edith Roberts) looks on in alarm in this scene still for "The Adorable Savage" (Unive... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Templeton (played by Jack Perrin) holds Marama Thurston (Edith Roberts) by the wrist as they stand calf-deep in the surf on the island of Fiji in a scene s... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Eric Norton (played by Hobart Bosworth) stands preaching next to Jesus (also played by Hobart Bosworth) who has a lamb in his arms. This elabo... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Eric Norton (played by Hobart Bosworth) entertains a baby with a teddy bear in a publicity still from "The Scarlet Sin" (Universal, 1915). |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Original caption on reverse of print reads: "Principals in Corsican drama, 'A Daughter of Caliente.' Douglas Gerrard, producer and actor and his leading l... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) holds a knife and struggles with a ruffian, while behind them two men fight on the floor and a third escapes out the wi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | John Ford in a detail from a group portrait of the cast and crew of the 1915 Universal serial "The Broken Coin". John, then about twenty-one years old, act... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Grace Cunard (playing Kitty Grey) slips a note to Harry Mann as he examines a book with Francis Ford (playing Count Frederick) in a scene still from the Un... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Director Phillips Smalley (third from the left), rehearsing his players in Brand Whitlock's story being filmed at Universal City. The ju... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Billy Sullivan (right) boxes a larger man in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 and 1924. Billy Sulliv... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Billy Sullivan (right) has knocked his opponent to the mat in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of the "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The boxer Tom Harper (played by Frank Mayo) is in his corner between rounds with his corner men. Behind them is lively crowd of male spectators in a scene ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The boxer Tom Harper (played by Frank Mayo at left) has a tense meeting with his opponent Slick Morrisey (Al Kaufman) before their fight. They are flanked ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Frank Mayo, wearing a white pith helmet, white shirt, and white jodhpurs, confronts a group of four sailor ruffians in a town on a South Sea island in a sc... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still from "The Amazing Wife," U.S. Army Lieutenant John Ashton (played by Frank Mayo) clinches his fist and glares at his cousin Philip Ashton ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still from "The Amazing Wife," Cicely Osborne (played by Mary MacLaren) seems disturbed by Philip Ashton (Stanhope Wheaton) who leans over her s... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Cicely Osborne (played by Mary MacLaren) adds a sugar cube to her coffee as Philip Ashton (Stanhope Wheaton) who is seated next to her and a waiter watch c... |
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