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Madison Woman's Club Birthday Party

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: One of a series of scenes from a dramatic production: "Down Memory Lane," presented in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Madison W...
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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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Citizen Kane Set

Date: 1941
Description: Orson Welles directs Agnes Moorehead in a scene from the film Citizen Kane. Welles is sitting on the camera crane behind the camera operator. The ca...
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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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"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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"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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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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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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William Dieterle and Madline Carroll

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Description: Director William Dieterle, actress Madeline Carroll and other unidentified cast and crew during the production of the 1938 film "Blockade" on a sound stage...
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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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Jean Simmons

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Description: Actress Jean Simmons getting her hair adjusted by an unidentified woman, probably hairdresser Vivienne Walker. Simmons is sitting in costume on the set of ...
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Production Still for "Sleep, My Love"

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Description: Unidentified actress having her gloves and veil adjusted by three other persons, on the set of "Sleep, My Love." One person is holding a fur stole.
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Dick Powell and Linda Darnell

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of Dick Powell and Linda Darnell on the set of the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." In silhouette in the foreground are the film crew and as...
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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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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Eleanor Griffith is looking into the eyes of Chester Morris, while Harry Stubbs and Mae Busch are looking on. They are standing outside a prison gate in a ...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Long shot of Eleanor Griffith, Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs and Mae Busch standing on the steps in front of a prison gate in a scene from the 1929 film "Al...

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