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| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Jean Larson, at the time one of three women projectionists in the country, operating the movie projector at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Play... |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | At a luncheon sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action, Paul Hays, chair of the ADA New York chapter, discusses the congressional investigation of Holl... |
| Date: | 07 1942 |
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| Description: | Photographic copy of an advertisement featuring two film strips with scenes from the movies "The Strong Shall be Free" and "The Marines Have Landed." The m... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Eric von Stroheim (left) and Martin Kosleck (right) sit in the rear seat of a military vehicle in a production still for "The North Star." A technician sta... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin meets the press at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York on October 13, 1940, to promote "The Great Dictator." About fifteen reporters stand or s... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait of John August Glander at 53 years of age, founder and owner of the Glander Art Studio from 1908-1953. He is holding a cigar. Cons... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin sits at the far end of a long restaurant table at the Waldorf Astoria talking to ten reporters. A waiter serves drinks. |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin talking to nine reporters sitting at the end of a long restaurant table at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Behind them, a waiter is watchi... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin talking to fifteen reporters sitting on upholstered chairs around him in a meeting room at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. A small coffee ... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin talking to eight or more reporters sitting around him in a meeting room at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin listening to a woman reporter during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria related to the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator." Ab... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin sitting talking to reporters, about six of whom are visible. A small table covered with glasses of ice water, a coffee cup, cigarettes, etc... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin and a reporter sitting side by side during a meeting of the press at the Waldorf Astoria for the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator."... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin is sitting on the far left with his arm draped over the chair and is talking to a circle of about twelve seated reporters during a meeting ... |
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