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Dorothy Jardon in "A Winsome Widow"

Date: 1912
Description: Dorothy Jardon wears chic black satin mourning clothes and carries a black parasol in a publicity photograph for "A Winsome Widow," a musical comedy that p...
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MGM Studio Booth

Date: 08 1928
Description: A man operates a Mitchell camera from inside an MGM sound booth as Raquel Torres and Nils Asther perform seated in front of lights and a microphone. Direct...
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Dorothy Jardon

Date: 1915
Description: Half-length publicity photograph of Dorothy Jardon apparently wearing only a fur on one shoulder and many rings on her hand. Stamps on the back of the prin...
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"The Kiss" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Luise D'Auvergne (Marguerite Courtot) and Jean-Marie (Owen Moore) board a seaplane in a production still from the Famous Players film "The Kiss."
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"The Kiss" Production Still

Date: 1916
Description: Jean-Marie (Owen Moore) kisses Luise D'Auvergne (Marguerite Courtot) in a still from the Famous Players film "The Kiss."
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Cameraman Jules Cronjagger and director Ralph Ince shoot a scene with Earle Williams (as Tom Barclay) and Anita Stewart (as Celestia, the Goddess) in the V...
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Celestia the Goddess (played by Anita Stewart) embraces Tom Barclay (Earle Williams) in a production still for the Vitagraph serial "The Goddess."
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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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"The Broken Coin" Publicity Still

Date: 1915
Description: Grace Cunard sits on a bed and frets while a maid looks on in a publicity still for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin" for which Cunard was both writer...
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"The Broken Coin" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Group shot of the cast and crew for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin," taken after shooting the final scene. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are in the ...
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"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) and Count Frederick (played by Francis Ford) stand in a dungeon and stare off-camera in horror in a scene still from Ep...
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"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: A stooped old man with a long beard approaches Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) with some large keys in a scene still from Episode 8 "The Prison in the ...
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Film Still from "The Kiss"

Date: 1896
Description: A frame enlargement from Thomas Edison's 1896 silent film "The Kiss" featuring May Irwin and John C. Rice reprising the controversial final scene of the pl...
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Scene Still from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"

Date: 1920
Description: From left to right Werner Krauss (playing Dr. Caligari), Conrad Veidt (as Cesare the somnambulist), and Lil Dagover (as Jane Olsen) in a scene from the exp...
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The Arrest of the Yeggmen from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Safecrackers (yeggmen) hired by Sterling, a corrupt Wall Street broker, are caught in the act by the newspaper reporter Dick Carson (played by W. E. Lawren...
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W.E. Lawrence and Billie West in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still from the one-reel silent film "Above Par," actors W.E. Lawrence and Billie West are curled up on a couch together reading a book. Lawrence...
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Final Scene from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Stirling, the corrupt Wall Street broker, is confronted by Mr. Berry (played by W. H. Brown in a top hat) in the climax of the 1915 Reliance one-reel silen...
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Billie West and W.H. Brown in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: The Wall Street broker Mr. Berry (played by W.H. Brown) and his daughter (Billie West, wearing a hat with a white veil) sit in the back of a chauffeured op...

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