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Portrait of Billie Burke

Date: 1918
Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1918 Famous Players-Lasky film comedy The Make Believe Wife. T...
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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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Robert Warwick in "An Adventure in Hearts"

Date: 1919
Description: Captain Dieppe (played by Robert Warwick) sits gloomily on the arm of a chair in the Northern Italian castle of Count Fieramondi. In his hand is a distres...
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Juan de la Cruz and Robert Warwick in "An Adventure in Hearts"

Date: 1919
Description: Count Fieramondi (played by Juan de la Cruz) and Captain Dieppe (Robert Warwick) sit at a table in the count's castle having a man to man talk. Behind them...
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"A Daughter of the Wolf" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Snowy outdoor location scene still from the 1919 Famous Players silent film "A Daughter of the Wolf," featuring Lila Lee (playing Annette Ainsworth) and Cl...
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"Alias, Mike Moran" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Larry Young (played by Wallace Reid in the uniform of a sergeant in the Canadian army) embraces Elaine Debaux (Ann Little in a nurse's cape) in a scene sti...
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"An Innocent Adventuress" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Vivian Martin (playing Lindy) confronts Togo the dog whom she has caught washing a toddler (or perhaps a doll) in a washtub in "An Innocent Adventuress" (L...
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"Daughter of the Wolf" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lila Lee (as Annette Ainsworth) confronts the camera with a loaded revolver in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Players silent film "A Daughter of the Wo...
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Marguerite Clark

Date: 1917
Description: Marguerite Clark looks through the viewfinder of a Pathé motion picture camera in a publicity still.
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"A Liberty Bond Plea" Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Charles Ray in a Liberty Loan Film by courtesy Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and Thomas H. Ince. Distributed by the National Associat...
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Adelaide Klanowski Swanson and Gloria Swanson

Date: 01 31 1919
Description: The silent film star Gloria Swanson and her mother Adelaide Klanowski Swanson embrace in a Famous Players-Lasky publicity still. Both wear winter coats wit...
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Harrison Ford and Vivian Martin in a Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lieutenant Eric Burgess, a U.S. Army aviator played by Harrison Ford, sits on the edge of a well with Marty Mackenzie (Vivian Martin) in a scene still from...
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Jack Holt and Katherine MacDonald in a Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle and a mean look) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) in a scene still ...
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Jack Holt and Katherine MacDonald in a Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt) aggressively grasps the wrist of Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald) in a scene still from "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." They ...
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Jack Holt, Katherine MacDonald, and Two Actresses in Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) who is looking miserable in a sce...
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Katherine MacDonald and Milton Sills in Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Mary MacNeill (played by Katherine MacDonald) holds the hand of Martin Conrad (Milton Sills) and looks lovingly at his face. They are outdoors in a garden ...
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Lina Cavalieri in Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Leonora (played by Lina Cavalieri) is the daughter of a poor Italian lacemaker in this scene still from "A Woman of Impulse." She strums a guitar in an imp...
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Robert Cain, Raymond Bloomer, and Lina Cavalieri scene still

Date: 1918
Description: In a scene still for the silent drama "A Woman of Impulse," Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage ...
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Elliott Dexter and Ethel Clayton

Date: 1918
Description: In a scene still for "Women's Weapons," Nicolas Elliot (played by Elliot Dexter) sits at his desk looking stunned. His wife Anne Elliot (Ethel Clayton) sit...

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