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 Here are over 380 images of cinematic royalty, artistes, thesbians, lesbians and flash-in-the-pan studio creations. Some with amazingly stellar but short careers and others who as bit players may have had thirty or forty-year careers with nary a screen credit. I started collecting these when many were still alive! A few were sitting behind me at film retrospectives, celebrated as relics of an "innocent" age. Some still living in Echo Park, West L.A. and Hollywood or dispersed and forgotten around the country. So many spending their last days at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills.

 Barely out of the "Victorian" age these were survivors of the "Great War" and the Influenza. They were major and minor players and active creators of a new art form. Some left this life early from "excess" or by quick suicide. 1933 was a significant year of Depression and loss.

 Most of these 5x7" fan fotos I bought in the late sixties for ten cents each at Larsons second-hand book store on the east end of Hollywood Boulevard. They were dust covered in floor to cieling cubbies where they had been left since 1931 when the edifice had been used as a publicity/fan mail answering busniness. The rest I have found on eBay and in antique stores in San Antonio, Texas.

 I am grateful for the wealth of information posted on the Internet Movie Data Base (www.IMDB.com) of which I secured birth and death information posted here.

Renée Adorée

1898-1933

Armida

1911-1989

Jean Arthur

1900-1991

Agnes Ayres

1898-1940

Tallulah Bankhead

1902-1968

Vilma Banky

1898-1991

Lina Basquette

1902-1994

Beverly Bayne

1894-1982

Madge Bellamy

1899-1990

Belle Bennett

1891-1932

Joan Bennett

1910-1990

Sally Blane

1910-1997

Eleanor Boardman

1898-1991

Lillian Bond

1908-1991

 Olive Borden

1906-1947

 Clara Bow

1905-1965

Betty Boyd

1908-1971

Virginia Bradford

1900-1996

Alice Brady

1892-1939

Evelyn Brent

1899-1975

Mary Brian

1906-2002

Betty Bronson

1906-1971

Louise Brooks

1906-1985

Sue Carol

1906-1982

Nancy Carroll

1903-1965

Helene Chadwick

1897-1940

Ina Claire

1893-1985

June Clyde

1909-1987

Claudette Colbert

1903-1996

June Collyer

1906-1968

Betty Compson

1897-1974

Virginia Lee Corbin

1910-1942

María Cordá

1898-1975

Joan Crawford

1905-1977

Kathryn Crawford

1908-1980

Fifi D'Orsay

1904-1983

Lily Damita

1904-1994

Viola Dana

1897-1987

Bebe Daniels

1901-1971

Jean Darling

1922-

Marion Davies

1897-1961

Mildred Davis Lloyd

1901-1969

Doris Dawson

1909-1989

 Alice Day

1905-1995

Marceline Day

1908-2000

Frances Dee

1909-2004

Dolores Del Río

1905-1983

Priscilla Dean

1896-1987

Margueritte De La Motte

1902-1950

Lya De Putti

1899-1931

Mary Doran

1910-1995

Marian Douglas

(known as Ena Gregory before '28)

1906-1993

Billie Dove

1903-1997

Louise Dresser

1878-1965

Nancy Drexel

(known as Dorothy Kitchen befoe '29)

1910-1989

Josephine Dunn

1906-1981

Dorothy Dwan

1906-1981

Doris Eaton

1904-

Sally Eilers

1908-1978

Ruth Elder

1902-1977

 Julia Faye

1893-1966

Louise Fazenda

1898-1962

Audrey Ferris

1909-1990

Helen Foster

1906-1982

Pauline Frederick

1883-1938

Betty Furness

1916-1994

Greta Garbo

1905-1990

Pauline Garon

1901-1965

Lillian Gish

1893-1993

Gilda Gray

1901-1959

Corinne Griffith

1895-1975

Dorothy Gulliver

1908-1997

Georgia Hale

1905-1985

Marion Harlan

(ni IMDB information)

Jean Harlow

1911-1937

Marion Harris

?-1944

Mildred Harris

1901-1944

Phyllis Haver

1888-1960

Doris Hill

1905-1976

Camilla Horn

1903-1996

Leila Hyams

1905-1977

Julanne Johnston

1900-1988

Leatrice Joy

1893-1985

Alice Joyce

1890-1955

Merna Kennedy

1908-1944

Barbara Kent

1906-

Carlotta King

1898-2000

Natalie Kingston

1905-1991

Beth Laemmle

1909-

Alice Lake

1895-1967

Laura LaPlante

1904-1996

Francis Lee

1904-2000

Gwen Lee

1904-1961

Lila Lee

1901-1973

Margaret Livingston

1900-1984

Gayle Lloyd

(no IMBD information)

Jeanette Loff

1906-1942

Jacqueline Logan

1901-1983

Anita Louise

1915-1970

Bessie Love

1898-1996

Myrna Loy

1905-1993

Dorothy Mackail

1903-1990

June Marlowe

1903-1984

Shirley Mason

1900-1979

May McAvoy

1899-1984

Kathryn McGuire

1903-1978

Patsy Ruth Miller

1904-1995

Alyce Mills

1899-1996

Colleen Moore

1900-1988

Marilyn Morgan

(also known as Marian Marsh)

1913-2006

 Lois Moran

1909-1990

Edna Murphy

1899-1974

Carmel Myers

1899-1980

Pola Negri

1894-1987

Anna Q. Nilsson

1888-1974

Marian Nixon

1904-1983

Mabel Normand

1895-1930

Molly O'Day

1911-1998

Sally O'Neill

1908-1968

Gertrude Olmstead

1897-1975 

Our Gang Comedies

Pathé/Hal Roach's Rascals, 1923-24

Ernie "Sunshine" Sammy Morrison,

Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman,

Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon,

Ernie "Farina" Hoskins

Catherine Dale Owen

1900-1965

Anita Page

1910-

Mary Philbin

1902-1993

Mary Pickford

1892-1979 

Zazu Pitts

1894-1963

Marie Prevost

1898-1937

Aileen Pringle

1895-1989

Esther Ralston

1902-1994

Jobyna Ralston

1899-1967

Sally Rand

1904-1979

Vera Reynolds

1899-1962

Irene Rich

1891-1988

Mona Rico

1907-1994

Ruth Roland

1892-1937

Ann Rork

1908-2004

Alma Rubens

1897-1931

Dorothy Sebastian

1903-1957 

Miriam Seegar

1907-

Norma Shearer

1902-1983

Pauline Stark

1901-1977 

Charlotte Stevens

1902-1946

Gloria Swanson

1897-1983

Blanche Sweet

1896-1986

Constance Talmadge

1897-1973

Norma Talmadge

1993-1957

Lilyan Tashman

1899-1934

Estelle Taylor

1894-1958

Ruth Taylor

1908-1934

Alice Terry

1899-1987

Duane Thompson

1903-1970

Thelma Todd

1905-1935

Raquel Torres

1908-1987

Sophie Tucker

1884-1966

Virginia Valli

1898-1968

Alberta Vaughn

1904-1992

Lupe Vélez

1908-1944

Florence Vidor

1895-1977

Alice White

1904-1983

Marjorie White

1904-1935

Lois Wilson

1894-1988 

Claire Windsor

1892-1972

Barbara Worth

1906-1955

Fay Wray

1904-2007

Loretta Young

1913-2000

Jimmy Adams

1888-1933

Robert Agnew

1899-1983

Don Alvarado

1904-1967

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

1887-1933

Richard Arlen

 1898-1976

Robert Armstrong

 1890-1973

George K. Arthur

1899-1985

Nils Asther

 1897-1981

William Austin

1884-1975

George Bancroft

1882-1956

Monty Banks

1897-1950

John Barrymore

1882-1942

Lionel Barrymore

1878-1954

Richard Barthelmess

1895-1963

Warner Baxter

1889-1951

Noah Beery

1882-1946

Wallace Beery

1885-1949

Monte Blue

1887-1963

John Boles

 1895-1969

 John Bowers

1885-1936

William Boyd

1895-1972

El Brendel

1890-1964

Johnny Mack Brown

1904-1974

Clive Brook

1887-1974

Harry Carey

1878-1947

Tullio Carminati

1894-1971

Lane Chandler

1899-1972

Lon Chaney

1883-1930

Charles Chaplin

1989-1977

Charley Chase

1893-1940

 Edmund Cobb

1892-1974

Bill Cody

1891-1948

Lew Cody

1884-1934

Junior Coghlan

1916-

William Collier, Jr.

1902-1987

William Collier, Sr.

1864-1944

Ronald Colman

1891-1958

Chester Conklin

1886-1971

Jackie Coogan

1914-1984

Clyde Cook

1891-1984

Gary Cooper

1901-1961

Ricardo Cortez

1899-1977

 Maurice Costello

1877-1950

Roy D'Arcy

1894-1969

Karl Dane

1886-1934

Reginald Denny

1891-1967

Richard Dix

1893-1941

Billy Dooley

1893-1938

Roland Drew

1900-1988

Jack Duffy

1882-1939

George Duryea

(known as Tom Keene after 1929)

1896-1963

Robert Edseon

1868-1931

Douglas Fairbanks

1883-1939

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

1909-2000

Charles Farrell

1901-1990

Stanley Fields

1883-1941

Harrison Ford

1884-1957

 Allan Forrest

1885-1941

Johnny Fox

1909-1958

Robert Frazer

1891-1944

 Clark Gable

1901-1956

Skeets Gallagher

1891-1955

William Gargan

1905-1979

John Garrick

1902-1966

Hoot Gibson

1892-1962

John Gilbert

1897-1936

Fred Gilman

1902-1988

Gavin Gordon

1901-1983

 Ralph Graves

1900-1977

Lawrence Gray

1898-1970

Harry Gribbon

1885-1961

Raymond Griffith

1895-1957

William Haines

1900-1973

Creighton Hale

1882-1965

James Hall

1900-1940

Neil Hamilton

1899-1994

 Sam Hardy

1883-1935

Ken Harlan

1895-1967

John Harron

1903-1939

William S. Hart

1864-1946

 Raymond Hatton

1887-1971

Holmes Herbert

1882-1956

Jean Hersholt

1886-1956

 Johnny Hines

1895-1970

Jack Holt

1888-1951

 Edward Everett Horton

1886-1970

 Lloyd Hughes

1897-1958 

Emil Jannings

1884-1950

George Jessel

1898-1991

Al Jolson

1886-1950

Charles "Buck" Jones

1889-1942

Raymond Keane

1906-1973

Tom Keene

(known as George Duryea before 1930)

1896-1963

Ian Keith

1899-1960

Tom Kennedy

1885-1965

Larry Kent

1900-1967

Norman Kerry

1894-1956

 Charles King

1889-1944

Fred Kohler

1888-1948

 Arthur Lake

1905-1987

Harry Langdon

1884-1944

Rod La Rocque

1898-1969

Davey Lee

1924-

George Lewis

1903-1995

Harold Lloyd

1893-1971

Walter Long

1879-1952

Edmund Lowe

1890-1971

Paul Lucas

1895-1971

Jack Luden

1902-1951

Ben Lyon

1901-1979

Bert Lytell

1885-1954

Douglas MacLean

1890-1967

David Manners

1901-1998

Ken Maynard

1895-1973

Joel McCrea

1905-1990

Malcolm McGregor

1892-1945

Raymond McKee

1892-1984

Victor McLaglen

1886-1959

Thomas Meighan

1879-1936

Adolphe Menjou

1890-1963

John Miljan

1892-1960

Walter Miller

1892-1940

Tom Mix

1880-1940

Robert Montgomery

1904-1981

 Cleve Moore

1904-1954

Matt Moore

1888-1960

Tom Moore

1883-1955

 Antonio Moreno

1887-1967

Charles Morton

1907-1966

Jack Mulhall

1887-1979

Paul Muni

1895-1964 

Charlie Murray

1872-1941

James Murray

1901-1936

Conrad Nagel

1897-1970

Barry Norton

1905-1956

Ramón Novarro

1899-1968

George O'Brien

1899-1985

 George O'Hara

1899-1966

Jack Oakie

1903-1978

Warner Oland

1879-1938

Paul Page

1903-1974

William Powell

1892-1984

Lucien Prival

1900-1994

Eddie Quillan

1907-1990

 Basil Rathbone

1892-1967

Charles Ray 

1891-1943

Donald Reed

1901-1973

Harry Richman

1895-1972

 Rin-Tin-Tin

1918-1932

Theodore Roberts

1861-1928

 Charles Rodgers

1904-1999

 Gilbert Roland

1905-1994

Lowell Sherman

1885-1934 

Joseph Shildkraut

1896-1964

Milton Sills

1882-1930  

Hal Skelly

1891-1934

Stanley Smith

1903-1974  

Kamiyama Sojin

1884-1954  

Ford Sterling

1883-1939

Lewis Stone

1879-1953

Nick Stuart

1903-1973  

Conway Tearle

1878-1939  

Fred Thompson

1890-1928  

Ernest Torrence

1878-1933

Glenn Tryon

1898-1970

Rudolph Valentino

1895-1926

Rudy Vallé

1901-1986

Victor Varconi

1891-1976

Bobby Vernon

1897-1939

Conrad Viedt

1893-1943 

Paul Vincenti

(no IMDB information)

H.B. Warner

1875-1958

Bob "Wheezer" Hutchins

1925-1945

Paul Whiteman

1890-1967

Louis Wolheim

1880-1931