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Daily Archives: March 31, 2015

Pendleton King Obituary

March 31, 2015by Tory Lowe

Pendleton King’s 1919 obituary in the New York Clipper mentions his play, Cocaine, and its performance by the Provincetown Players.

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Cocaine (1916) by Pendleton King, Pendleton King, Playwrights

The Mystery of the Glass Tube (1914)

March 31, 2015by Tory Lowe

1914 article from the film periodical Motography which reviews the film The Mystery of the Glass Tube, a detective film which involved an opium den and cocaine smuggling.

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Rachel Crothers Article

March 31, 2015by Tory Lowe

This brief article from a November 1919 issue of the Film Daily addresses Rachel Crothers’ work with the Stage Women’s War Relief organization during World War I, as well as […]

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Playwrights, Rachel Crothers

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Sisters in Sin: Brothel Drama in America, 1900 – 1920

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