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Samuel Goldwyn, Rupert Hughes, Jesse Louis Lasky, and William Fox

Samuel Goldwyn, Rupert Hughes, Jesse Louis Lasky, and William Fox

Drawing
c. 1923
National Portrait Gallery
Walter K. Kinstler
John Sefton

John Sefton

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Ellen Tree (Mrs. Charles Kean)

Ellen Tree (Mrs. Charles Kean)

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Edwin Forrest as Baptista Ferbo and Lizzie Swindlehurst in

Edwin Forrest as Baptista Ferbo and Lizzie Swindlehurst in "The Broker of Bogota"

Photographic Negative
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
George Arliss in

George Arliss in "The House of Rothschild"

Drawing
1934
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant
The Hot Mikado

The Hot Mikado

Drawing
1939
National Portrait Gallery
Al Hirschfeld
Grand Masquerade Ball

Grand Masquerade Ball

Print
1866
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Thomas Nast
Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Painting
1955
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Koerner
John Gilbert in

John Gilbert in "Redemption"

Drawing
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant
Julia Marlowe

Julia Marlowe

Photograph
1890
National Portrait Gallery
Benjamin Joseph Falk
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper

Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper

Drawing
1932
National Portrait Gallery
Walt Disney Studios
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Photograph
1932 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Edwin Forrest as King Lear in

Edwin Forrest as King Lear in "King Lear"

Photographic Negative
c. 1861
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Mathew B. Brady
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

Drawing
1932
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant
Marx Brothers

Marx Brothers

Collage
1935
National Portrait Gallery
Al Hirschfeld

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