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Vernon and Irene Portrayed by Fred and Ginger

Date: 1939
Description: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the motion picture, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (RKO, 1939). Although Astaire and Rogers were ideally cast to...
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Tracy Takes Off

Date: 1932
Description: Spencer Tracy in "Sky Devils," Howard Hughes's silly World War I comedy. Tracy (center) and William Boyd play two inept stowaways who end up on a ship that...
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"Devil Dogs of the Air"

Date: 1934
Description: Jimmy Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Margaret Lindsay in a publicity still from "Devil Dogs of the Air" (WB, 1935). In this production Cagney and O'Brien play tw...
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"Test Pilot"

Date: 1938
Description: A publicity still featuring the lead actors in "Test Pilot," an MGM 1938 motion picture release. "Test Pilot" was the story of a reckless commercial test p...
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"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
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Harlow in "Hell's Angels"

Date: 1930
Description: Production still from "Hell's Angels," the Howard Hughes 1930 film, which launched the career of 18-year-old Jean Harlow. She is shown here with co-stars B...
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Cast of "Congress Dances" Film

Date: 1931
Description: View from above of actors and crew of the film "Congress Dances" standing around between takes.
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Tea Time in "Congress Dances"

Date: 1931
Description: A woman and man in elaborate costumes have tea in the film "Congress Dances".
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Performers in "The Singing Kid"

Date: 1936
Description: Seven chorus girls from "The Singing Kid" surround Al Jolson.
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Barbary Coast Cast, production still

Date: 1935
Description: The cast of Barbary Coast pose on the set. In the back from left to right are: Samuel Goldwyn and Howard Hawks. In front from left to right are Miri...
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Irene Castle

Date: 1938
Description: Studio portrait of Irene Castle by Ernest Bachrach and copyrighted by RKO in 1938. This photograph was used to promote the Fred Astare and Ginger Rogers fi...
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Scene Still from Their First Mistake

Date: 1932
Description: Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, and Stan Laurel in Their First Mistake (MGM 1932).
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Danielle Darrieux and Charles Boyer in Mayerling

Date: 1936
Description: Publicity still of Danielle Darrieux (as Marie Vetsera) and Charles Boyer (Archduke Rudolph of Austria) in Anatole Litvak's Mayerling (1936).
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Charles Laughton and Binnie Barnes in The Private Life of Henry VIII

Date: 1933
Description: Scene still of Charles Laughton, as King Henry VIII, and Binnie Barnes (Katherine Howard) in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)...
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Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for "Brother Rat"

Date: 1938
Description: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for Warner Brothers' film "Brother Rat."
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Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

Date: 1938
Description: Olivia de Havilland (playing Maid Marian) and Errol Flynn (Robin Hood) in a hand-colored publicity still from director Michael Curtiz's film "The Adventure...
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Ian Hunter, Alan Hale, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Herbert Mundin, Patric Knowles, and Eugene Pallette in "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

Date: 1938
Description: King Richard the Lionhearted gives Maid Marian and Robin Hood permission to marry in one of the last scenes from Michael Curtiz's 1938 "The Adventures of R...
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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind"

Date: 1939
Description: Clark Gable (playing Rhett Butler) embraces Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) who is dressed in mourning clothes in a publicity still from the Selznick produc...
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Carole Lombard and William Powell in "My Man Godfrey"

Date: 1936
Description: Carole Lombard (playing Irene Bullock) and William Powell (as Godfrey Parke) are cheek to cheek in this publicity still from "My Man Godfrey" (Universal 19...
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William Powell and Myrna Loy in "Double Wedding"

Date: 1937
Description: William Powell kisses Myrna Loy on the cheek in this publicity still from "Double Wedding" (MGM 1937).

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