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Marion Davies and a host of extras in a scene still
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Marion Davies, costumed as an East Indian princess, sits enthroned at the back of a lavishly decorated set surrounded by a crowd of worshipful soldiers, dancing girls, servants, and nobles in a scene still for the 1922 drama "Beauty's Worth."
1922
Cosmopolitan Productions
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Publicity Still of Marion Davies
1922
Left profile studio portrait of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the 1922 silent drama "Beauty's Worth." She wears strands of pearls and a pearl and feather headdress.
Publicity Still of Marion Davies
1922
Full face, quarter-length studio portrait of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the 1922 silent drama "Beauty's Worth." She wears several strands of pearls and a headdress with feathers.
Laboratory Scene Still from "The Young Diana"
1922
A scene still set in Doctor Demetrius's laboratory from the silent film "The Young Diana." Diana May (played by Marion Davies) has just been rejuvenated by Dr. Dimitrius (Pedro de Cordoba). Davies ...
Scene still with a donkey, Marion Fairbanks, Raymond Hitchcock, and Madeline Fairbanks
1922
Raymond Hitchcock (in costume as Dr. Arbutus Budd pretending to be an Italian nobleman) is arm in arm with the Fairbanks Twins, Marion Fairbanks on the left and Madeline Fairbanks on the right. The...
Tsuru Aoki in a scene still
1916
The Indian princess Janira (played by Japanese actress Tsuru Aoki) is seated on a raised platform on the left. In front of her are four dancing girls and a host of musicians, soldiers, and Indian n...
Matt Moore and Seena Owen scene still
1922
In a rural setting, a pair of young lovers talk. Jerry Newcombe, played by Matt Moore, is bashful. Hester Bevins, played by Seena Owen, is dressed stylishly in this scene still for the silent drama...
