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![[Roxy McGowan and Mary Thurman in bathing suits, with one taking the other's picture on beach, posed for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans Studio, L.A.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvcm94eS1tY2dvd2FuLWFuZC1tYXJ5LXRodXJtYW4taW4tYmF0aGluZy1zdWl0cy13aXRoLW9uZS10YWtpbmctdGhlLW90aGVycy1waWN0dXJlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/236/jpg "[Roxy McGowan and Mary Thurman in bathing suits, with one taking the other's picture on beach, posed for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans Studio, L.A.")
![[Bevy of eighteen young women in bathing costumes on beach posed for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans, L.A.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvYmV2eS1vZi1laWdodGVlbi15b3VuZy13b21lbi1pbi1iYXRoaW5nLWNvc3R1bWVzLW9uLWJlYWNoLXBvc2VkLWZvci1tYWNrLXNlbm5ldHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Bevy of eighteen young women in bathing costumes on beach posed for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans, L.A.")
![[Two bathing beauties at seaside. Publicity shot for Mack Sennett Productions]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvdHdvLWJhdGhpbmctYmVhdXRpZXMtYXQtc2Vhc2lkZS1wdWJsaWNpdHktc2hvdC1mb3ItbWFjay1zZW5uZXR0LXByb2R1Y3Rpb25zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Two bathing beauties at seaside. Publicity shot for Mack Sennett Productions]")
![[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS1waWNrZm9yZC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC13aXRoLW1vdGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach]")
![[Portrait of Claude Thornhill and Emil Terry(?), Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDcvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtY2xhdWRlLXRob3JuaGlsbC1hbmQtZW1pbC10ZXJyeS1jb2x1bWJpYS1waWN0dXJlcy1zdHVkaW8tdGhlLW1ha2luZy02NDAuanBn/40/40/webp "[Portrait of Claude Thornhill and Emil Terry(?), Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]")
![[Myrtle Reeves, Lillian Langston, and Edith Roberts posed on rock in water for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans, L.A.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvbXlydGxlLXJlZXZlcy1saWxsaWFuLWxhbmdzdG9uLWFuZC1lZGl0aC1yb2JlcnRzLXBvc2VkLW9uLXJvY2staW4td2F0ZXItZm9yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Myrtle Reeves, Lillian Langston, and Edith Roberts posed on rock in water for Mack Sennett Productions] / Evans, L.A.")
![[Portrait of Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Billy Exiner, Mario Rullo, Danny Polo, Lee Konitz, and Bill Bushing, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytc2FuZHktc2llZ2Vsc3RpZW4td2lsbGllLXdlY2hzbGVyLW1pY2t5LWZvbHVzLWpvZS1zaHVsbWFuLWJpbGx5LWY4NmI1Zi02NDAuanBn/40/33/webp "[Portrait of Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Billy Exiner, Mario Rullo, Danny Polo, Lee Konitz, and Bill Bushing, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]")
