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Noel Coward, Celia Johnson, and Peter Fleming

Date: 03 1950
Description: Noel Coward with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne at the premiere of "The Astonished Heart" in London.
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Laraine Day takes a photograph of Joel McCrea; both are smiling. Both are dressed very nicely. In the background a crew member looks at them from a raised ...
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Aching Youth Poster

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Description: Photograph of a poster for the 1928 film Aching Youth starring Charley Chase. Chase stands at the center of the poster with his hands on his hips. H...
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Aching Youth Poster

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Description: Photograph of a poster for the 1928 film Aching Youth starring Charley Chase. Chase kneels next to a seated woman and holds a microphone to her ches...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor in the film "The Cool World" are standing on the sidewalk outside a restaurant. She is wearing a cocktail dress and a fur wrap. He is ...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor standing just outside the entrance of a restaurant while shooting the film "The Cool World." The woman is wearing a cocktail dress and...
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"Husbands for Rent"

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Description: Herbert Willis (Owen Moore), Molly Devoe (Helene Costello), and Sir Reginald Knight (Claude Gillingwater) standing next to each other. Willis has a blank s...
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"Diamond Handcuffs" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Director John McCarthy watching as Henry Sharp films Eleanor Boardman and Lawrence Gray in a scene from the 1928 film "Diamond Handcuffs."
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Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in The Bell Boy

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Description: Scene still from the 1918 silent film The Bell Boy. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle is standing at the center of a group, wearing a plaid suit. He is holdin...
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"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

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Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton and James Cagney from the film "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye." Payton is standing just behind Cagney and is looking over his sho...
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John Garfield and Lili Palmer

Date: 1947
Description: Lili Palmer is resting her head on John Garfield's shoulder in a scene from the 1947 film "Body and Soul." A piece of equipment, possibly a microphone, is ...
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Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, and Glynis Johns

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Description: Actors Googie Withers, Griffith Jones and Glynis Johns filming a scene from the 1948 film "Miranda." Withers is sitting in a chair with a newspaper, Jones ...
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Glynis Johns

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Description: Glynis Johns wearing a mermaid costume is being carried by two unidentified male crew members. The location is probably a sound stage for the 1948 film "Mi...
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Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

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Description: Glynis Johns, Griffith Jones, and the film crew on the underwater cave set of the 1948 film "Miranda." The sound stage and a light are set up above a pool ...
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Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, and Roy Glenn

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Description: Elevated view of actors Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, and Roy Glenn filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." The trio are at a bus stop...
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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson outdoors filming a scene from "The Jackie Robinson Story." Dee is getting makeup applied or touched up, probably by mak...
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James Whale, Louis Hayward, and Joan Bennett

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Description: Director James Whale and actors Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett on a garden set of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." They are on a sound stage, with...
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René Clair, Linda Darnell, and Dick Powell

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Description: Director René Clair talking with actors Linda Darnell and Dick Powell on the set of the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." A microphone is over their heads....
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Linda Darnell and René Clair

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Description: Actress Linda Darnell and director Réne Clair (far left) during the production of the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." Men are near a movie camera in the ...
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Gia Scala Being Measured

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Description: Actress Gia Scala smiles as two men measure her height with a tape measure. Movieland Wax Museum founder and president Allen Parkinson stands next to her a...

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