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64:Indianapolis
37:
18:
1340:1950 deaths
1335:1870 births
1221:Wid's Daily
1205:Wid's Daily
1122:Mutual Film
929:Two Sisters
681:Wolf Tracks
514:The Pitfall
401:Two Sisters
356:Wid's Daily
351:Wid's Daily
233:Film career
199:James Neill
131:Tom Lingham
116:(m. 1907-?)
1329:Categories
1235:, review,
1187:, review,
1160:Motography
960:Hunted Men
801:Tom's Gang
785:The Set-Up
424:John Wayne
410:Hunted Men
244:two-reeler
215:Louisville
141:and early
56:1870-04-07
1140:news item
521:Stingaree
422:starring
394:(1929),
326:Universal
171:Hollywood
133:, and as
111:Spouse(s)
106:1894–1934
992:, IMDb,
455:follows:
404:(1929),
398:(1929),
390:(1928),
386:(1928),
380:(1927),
274:Honolulu
223:Broadway
195:operatic
191:Broadway
181:Born in
1270:YouTube
342:serial
328:serial
290:Western
211:Buffalo
187:Indiana
147:heavies
68:Indiana
994:Amazon
970:(1934)
962:(1930)
956:(1930)
948:(1930)
940:(1929)
932:(1929)
924:(1929)
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908:(1929)
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826:(1927)
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461:inment
334:(1919)
219:Boston
217:, and
139:silent
89:, U.S.
70:, U.S.
40:, 1916
464:Mary.
414:oater
340:Pathé
313:Hurst
238:with
159:Pathé
143:sound
1320:IMDb
276:and
76:Died
46:Born
1318:at
1138:MPN
1097:MPN
301:MPN
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1246:^
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