Stars At Home - Miss Sybil Thorndike 1922

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"You know - I'm not always wrapped in tragedy", said the great Tragedienne, whom we found playing clock-golf on the lawn -" L/S of Sybil Thorndike and another women in a large garden putting a golf ball. "Hobbies? Well, writing is a necessary evil - " C/U of Sybil at a writing desk on the verandah of...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
21770
Sort Number:
EP 282
Time in/Out:
01:45:02:00 / 01:47:00:00
Canister:
EP 282
Film ID:
992.14
Issue Date:
16/11/1922

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