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USA Silent Film: A Series of Firsts

A Series of Firsts


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The Underwater Inventors

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1 John Ernest and George Williamson, Frank Mt Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Stuart Paton, George _ J. Ernest Williamson, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916. Fad
Stuart Paton, George _ J. Ernest Williamson, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916. USnewsad
Stuart Paton, George _ Ernest Williamson, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916. USp
George _ J. Ernest Williamson, How Life Begins, 1916. Farticle

The First Family of Acting

The Barrymores

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Maurice Barrymore
Georgiana Drew
Ethel Barrymore
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Lionel Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore
John Blyth Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
The Barrymores, Maurice, 1911. UScolcard
The Barrymores, Maurice, paper doll by John Axe, 1993. USpaperdoll
The Barrymores, Maurice, 1892. USp
The Barrymores, Ethel, The Nightinggale, 1917. USp
The Barrymores, Ethel, The Nightinggale, 1917. USp
USA SF The Call of Her People Ethel Barrymore USlc
The Barrymores, Lionel, Meddling Women with vaudeville, 1924. USp
The Barrymores, Lionel, Meddling Women with vaudeville, 1924. USp
The Barrymores, Baby John Sidney Blyth is born, 1932. USphoto
The Barrymores, John, The Lotus Eater, 1921. Photo signed by photographer D.Kesson, 1921. USphoto
The Barrymores, John, The Lotus Eater, 1921. Signed by photographer D. Kesson, 1921. USphoto
Alan Crosland, John Barrymore, Don Juan, 1926. USwpp
Alan Crosland, John Barrymore, Don Juan, 1926. USwpp
The Barrymores, John Drew Barrymore, Never Love a Stranger, 1958. USstill
The Barrymores, Drew, portrait by Ellen Von Unwerth, 1985. USpc

The First Women of Hollywood
Series, Serials, and the Sociological Drama

The Players

Gene Gauntier
Lois Weber
Philip Smalley
Pearl White
Frances Marion Portrait, with Mary Pickford Arphoto
Mabel Normand
Ida May Park
Mildred Harris
Mary MacLaren
Dorothy Phillips
Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley The Merchant of Venice, 1914. USbook
Ella Hall, Merchant of Venice, 1914. Fpc
Douglas Gerard, Merchant of Venice, 1914. USpc
Edna Maison, Merchant of Venice, 1914. USpc
Lois Weber, Lois the Wizard, Motion Picture Magazine, July 1916. USm
Lois Weber, Hypocrites, 1914. USh
Lois Weber, Sensation Seekers, 1927. USdigest
Lois Weber, all women crew, Famous Players Lasky, Paramount, 1920. USstill
Lois Weber, Home, 1919. USad
Lois Weber, It_s No Laughing Matter, 1915. USh
Lois Weber, It_s No Laughing Matter, 1915. USh
Lois Weber, It_s No Laughing Matter, 1915. USh
Lois Weber, The Blot, 1921. USstill
Pearl White, Perils of Pauline, 1914. USpc
Pearl White, Perils of Pauline, 1914. USsm
Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1917. USlc
Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, Poor Little Rich Girl, 1917. USphoto
Frances Marion, Pollyana, 1920. Czech Film Institute Czstill
Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, The Love Light, 1921. Fp
Ida May Park, A Model_s Confession, 1917. Ush
Ida May Park, A Model_s Confession, 1917. Ush
Ida May Park, Louis J. Gasnier The Butterfly Man, 1920. Usbook

Where Sunset Boulevard Reaches the Pacific Ocean: Inceville

The Players

Thomas H. Ince
Thomas H. Ince
Dorothy Dalton
William S. Hart
Enid Bennett
194 Thomas H. Ince Francis Ford Custer_s Last Fight USbroadside

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198 Thomas H. Ince, Peggy, 1916. dp
Thomas H. Ince, Civilization, 1916. Usp
Thomas H. Ince, Civilization, 1916. Usp
Thomas H. Ince, Civilization, 1916. USlc
Thomas H. Ince, Civilization, 1916. USsp
Thomas H. Ince, The Wolf Woman, 1916. dp
Thomas H. Ince, The Deserter, 1916. dp
Thomas H. Ince, The Desert Man, 1916. USh
Thomas H. Ince, Back of the Man, 1917. USh
Thomas H. Ince, Back of the Man, 1917. USh
Thomas H Ince, The Vamp, 1918. dp
Thomas H. Ince, The Marraige Cheat, 1918. USh
Other early Hollywood studios, 1919. USpc

African American Filmmakers and Stars

The Players

Oscar Micheaux
Evelyn Preer
Stepin Fetchit
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Josephine Baker
Nina Mae McKinney _ Daniel L. Haynes
Paul Robeson
Kathryn Boyd
Richard E. Norman
Cab Calloway
Laurence Criner
Bill _Bojangles_ Robinson

Oscar
Micheaux

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238 Emmett J. Scott, John W. Noble, The Birth of a Race, 1918. USh
238B Emmett J. Scott, John W. Noble, The Birth of a Race, 1918. USh
Oscar Micheaux, Within Our Gates, 1920. USh
Oscar Micheaux, The Betrayal, 1948. USlc
Richard E. Norman, Norman Studios Logo, 1926. USpb
Richard E. Norman, The Green Eyed Monster, 1919. USh
Richard E. Norman, The Bull-Dogger, 1921. USpb

Richard E.
Norman

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261 Richard E. Norman, The Flying Ace, 1926. US1sheet
260 Richard E. Norman, Regeneration, 1923. USlc
263 Richard E. Norman, The Flying Ace, 1926. USlc
262C Richard E. Norman, The Flying Ace, Retrospective Screening 2016. USp
Dudley Murphy, Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues, 1929. ipc
Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo. USsm
Dudley Murphy, Duke Ellington, Fred Waller Black and Tan, 1929. USlp
Stepin Fetchit, Fox Movietone Follies, 1929. USsm
Cab Calloway, Minnie The Moocher, 1931. USsm
King Vidor, Nina Mae McKinney _ Daniel L. Haynes, Hallelujah, 1929. Fpp
King Vidor, Nina Mae McKinney _ Daniel L. Haynes, Hallelujah, 1929. Fpp
James B. Lowe, Uncle Tom_s Cabin, 1929. USh

The Master Exhibiter | Sid Grauman

Sid Graunan
Sid Graunan
Grauman_s Chinese Theater, 1940. USp
Grauman_s Chinese Theater, 1940. USp
Grauman_s Chinese Premieres, Broadway Meloday, 1929. USsp
Grauman_s Chinese Premieres, The Circus, Charlie Chaplin, 1928. USp
Grauman_s Chinese Premieres, Trader Horn, 1929. USsp
Grauman_s Egyptian Theater, 1939. USp
Grauman_s Egyptian Premieres, Pickford and Fairbanks, 1926. USp
Grauman_s Egyptian Premieres, Charlie Chaplin Gold Rush, 1924. USwpp
Grauman_s Egyptian Premieres, Thief of Bagdad, Douglas Fairbanks, 1924. USwpp
Grauman_s Egyptian Premieres, Charlie Chaplin Gold Rush, 1924. USwpp
Grauman_s Egyptian Premieres, Thief of Bagdad, Douglas Fairbanks, 1924. USwpp
Grauman_s Egyptian Premieres, Thief of Bagdad, Douglas Fairbanks, 1924. USwpp
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