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Charles Dickens
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Elsa Maxwell, c. 1935.
Elsa Maxwell
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Pearl White, 1916.
Pearl White
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Jean Ray
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C.P. Snow
C.P. Snow
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A.E. Van Vogt
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C.M. Kornbluth
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Pathé
Charles Pathé
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)
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