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Lulu Glaser

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Description: Lulu Glaser (1874-1958), renowned Victorian/Edwardian comedic actress and singer.
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"Haystacks and Steeples" Scene

Date: 1916
Description: Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon in a scene from "Haystacks and Steeples".
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Phi Beta's "A Combine of Comedy"

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Church, the Highlands, in costume, posing as actors in a scene from "Taming of the Shrew"; part of a comedy program, "A Combine of ...
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Phi Beta's "A Combine of Comedy"

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Four women in costume, posing in a scene from "Lyristrata"; part of a comedy program, "A Combine of Comedy" produced by Phi Beta in the play circle of the ...
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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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Mack Sennett Comedy scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Scene still on the set of a Mack Sennett Comedy, probably Those Athletic Girls of 1918. Louise Fazenda does a Russian dance. To the left of her is P...
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda with broom and janitor's hat.
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1920
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda in her country girl costume holding a chicken, possibly for the 1920 Mack Sennett film Down on the Farm.
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1920
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda in her country girl costume holding a chicken, possibly for the 1920 Mack Sennett film Down on the Farm.
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Louise Fazenda, Keystone Comedies

Date: 1916
Description: Hand-colored composite publicity portrait of Louise Fazenda surrounded by four of her characters for the Keystone Comedies.
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1923
Description: Mack Sennett Comedies star Louise Fazenda in a full length publicity still by James Abbe.
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Poster for Miss Billie Burke in "Jerry"

Date: 1914
Description: Color lithograph poster. The top banner reads "Charles Frohman presents." The image shows Burke in profile, underneath which runs the caption "Miss Billie ...
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Film Still from "The Girl and the Mummy"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still - interior - actress wrapped as a mummy.
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Keystone Comedy Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Mack Sennett (in suit and derby) directs Chester Conklin (on his knees) as Ernest B. Schoedsack cranks a Moy & Bastie silent film camera for an unidentifie...
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Keystone Oriental Set Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Mack Sennett, in a dark suit, and two technicians stand by a Prestwich camera on the set of an unidentified Middle Eastern themed Keystone Comedy. A belly ...
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Scene Still from Chaplin's "The Adventurer"

Date: 1917
Description: Charlie Chaplin, in tuxedo, surrounded by guests in the party scene from "The Adventurer." He is speaking to Marta Golden who holds a feather fan. In the b...
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Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, and Charlie Chaplin

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still from Chaplin's 1917 silent film "The Adventurer," Eric Campbell, made-up with large eyebrows, beard, and moustache, closely scrutinizes...
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Al St. John in Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Al St. John (at right) and two other actors in a publicity still for "The Alarm," a William Fox production from 1922.
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Variety Show

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A group of girls acts out a scene from a variety show put on by University of Wisconsin Dames Club units. The Lakeside Ladies enact "Wholesale Jeopardy", a...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Variety Show

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A scene from a variety show is put on by University of Wisconsin Dames Club units. Actresses in a comedy-tragedy, "Apologies to the Greeks", given by the V...

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