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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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"Helen of Troy" Still

Date: 1956
Description: Still of Rossana Podesta as Helen and Jacques Sernas as Paris from the 1956 film "Helen of Troy." The two gaze into each others eyes as they stand opposite...
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Spencer Tracy and Jeanette MacDonald

Date: 1936
Description: Spencer Tracy and Jeanette MacDonald standing and holding hands in a scene from the film San Francisco. They are looking off to the right. MacDonald...
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Agnes Moorehead as Endora

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Description: Portrait of Agnes Moorehead as Endora in a scene from the TV show Bewitched. She is standing with one foot on a large cushion and is holding up her ...
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Publicity Still from "The Cool World"

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Description: A publicity still from the film "The Cool World" showing Mrs. Custis (Gloria Foster) reaching towards an African American teenage boy who is sitting. A ref...
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"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Stills

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Wuthering Heights." The crew is standing and sitting behind the camera which is on the ground. An actor and actress a...
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"These Three" Production Still

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Description: Merle Oberon sitting next to an older woman at a table outdoors. Oberon is wearing a pointed clown hat with three pompoms on it. She is holding cards in he...
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"The Robe" Scene Still

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Description: Scene still from the film "The Robe." Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton) and Diana (Jean Simmons) are walking hand in hand in the center. They are surrounde...
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"Cisco Kid" Still

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Description: Outdoor Set of the TV show "Cisco Kid." The Cisco Kid has his hand on the shoulder of a man who is is holding onto a woman. A man holding a microphone boom...
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"Scarlet Days"

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Description: Still from the film "Scarlet Days." A group of men and women are standing on a street and pointing toward a woman who is leaning against a pole. A number o...
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"Why Be Good?"

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Description: Edward Martindel confronting Neil Hamilton who is holding Colleen Moore in a still from the film "Why Be Good?" All three are dressed in pajamas and robes.
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"For the Defense"

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Description: Three men restraining a woman in a still from the film "For the Defense." Another woman and a man are shielding a third woman.
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"If I Were King"

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Description: William Farnum, as Francois Villon, speaking to a crowd of people in a still for the film "If I Were King." Two men are kneeling before him, while the rest...
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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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"Run for the Hills" Publicity Still

Date: 1953
Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton, Sonny Tufts, and another man in the film "Run for the Hills." Tufts is wearing a leopard print tunic, and Payton is wear...
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"Blondie of the Follies"

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Description: Marion Davies standing between Paal and Leif Rock, also known at the Rocky Twins, in a still from the film "Blondie of the Follies." The three are dressed ...
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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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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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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...

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