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Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita

Date: 1960
Description: Marcello Mastroianni, as the newspaperman Marcello Rubini, and Anita Ekberg, as Sylvie a Hollywood star, stand thigh-deep in the Trevi Fountain in Rome in ...
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
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...
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Lillian Gish and William Powell in "Romola"

Date: 1925
Description: Romola (played by Lillian Gish) and Tito Melema (William Powell) standing before the altar during their wedding in a scene still for Henry King's productio...
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"The Broken Coin" Publicity Still

Date: 09 20 1915
Description: Grace Cunard (as Kitty Gray, holding a sword), and Francis Ford (as Count Frederick) pose in a publicity still for Episode 14 "On the Battle Field" of the ...
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"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) sits forlornly on the straw in a dungeon in the kingdom of Grahaffen in a scene still from Episode 7 "Between Two Fires...
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"Tea & Sympathy" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the MGM movie "Tea & Sympathy," featuring John Kerr (playing Tom Robinson Lee) and Deborah Kerr (playing Laura Reynolds).
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"Bigger Than Life" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Dramaic scene still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "Bigger Than Life," featuring Walter Matthau (playing Wally Gibbs), James Mason (playing Ed Avery)...
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Lunt and Fontanne in the Garden

Date: 1942
Description: View down rows of vegetable garden at Ten Chimneys of Lynn Fontanne standing on the right and Alfred Lunt standing and waving his hat from a patch of corn....
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"The Floor Below"

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Description: Tom Moore and Mabel Normand are sitting next to each other on a bench in a still from the film "The Floor Below." Normand is drying her eye with Moore's co...
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"Flower Drum Song" Publicity Shot

Date: 07 22 1965
Description: Several actors, all of whom are white and are wearing "yellowface" makeup to caricature Asians, are either dancing or looking on. Caption reads: "The Chine...
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Set of "Congress Dances"

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Congress Dances." Everyone, including many musicians wearing large brimmed hats, is gathered outside of a building.
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George Frost and Katharine Hepburn

Date: 1951
Description: Katharine Hepburn having her makeup applied by makeup artist George Frost while on set of the 1951 film "The African Queen." They are on a covered porch.
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Play Scene from "Hamlet"

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Description: Elevated view of the cast and crew filming the play scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." The movie camera is on a semicircular track around the stage. Lights...
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Scene from "The North Star"

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Description: Unidentified film crew member spraying what appears to be fake blood on the back of an unidentified actress for the 1943 film "The North Star." The person ...
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Robert Cummings and Claudette Colbert

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Description: Actors Robert Cummings and Claudette Colbert filming a scene from the 1948 film "Sleep, My Love." They are surrounded by assorted film making equipment, in...
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"Men of Annapolis" Bandstand Scene

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Description: Actress Audrey Dalton and actor Carlton Carpenter film a scene for the television show "Men of Annapolis" on the bandstand at the U.S. Naval Academy. Carp...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Prince Gabriel (Marc McDermott) kisses the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) as Dagmar (Wanda Hawley) kneels beside her and looks on in a scene from...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) kisses and nuzzles the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". The two are dres...
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Summer Show

Date: 07 07 1989
Description: View of a stage rehearsal. A man is standing and pointing at a man who is lying on the stage. A woman is grabbing the standing man's arm. Caption reads: "S...
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Pearl White on top of a building

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Description: Actress Pearl White looks up and toward the camera as she stands on some kind of scaffolding which obscures her body. The scaffold is high above other bui...

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