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Author Archives: Tory Lowe

Variety - January 1919 (2)

Frank Kemble Cooper Obituary

December 9, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

Frank Kemble Cooper, who originated the role of Andrew Benson in “East is West” (1918), died of pneumonia during the play’s run. His obituary was published in Variety‘s January 3, […]

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A Shanghai Cinderella (renamed East is West, 1918) by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer, Actresses & Actors
Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge (1931)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

Robert E. Sherwood’s 1930 play Waterloo Bridge was adapted for the screen in 1931 directed by James Whale and starring actress Mae Clarke; the director and star would reunite later […]

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Film Clips, Prostitution
The Italian

The Italian (1915)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

Prolific producer Thomas H. Ince’s 1915 film The Italian starred George Beban, a stage and film actor noted for playing Italian immigrants (despite the fact that he was himself of […]

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Film Clips, Immigration
Where Are My Children

Where Are My Children (1916)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

  Lois Weber’s 1916 film Where Are My Children (starring Tyrone Power Sr., the father of 1930’s film heartthrob Tyrone Power) was Universal’s top-grossing film of the year. The film […]

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Birth Control, Film Clips
Tenderloin at Night

Tenderloin at Night (1899)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

This film, Tenderloin at Night (1899), purports to depict a San Francisco barroom; the women in the film are described as prostitutes by Russell Campbell in his book Marked Women: […]

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Film Clips, Prostitution
Shoes

Shoes (1916)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

This is an excerpt from Shoes (1916), directed by Lois Weber, one of the most acclaimed and commercially successful filmmakers of the era. Her films frequently dealt with such controversial […]

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Film Clips, Prostitution
Resurrection

Resurrection (1909)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

Produced for the Biography Company by D.W. Griffith and starring Florence Lawrence (who has been called the world’s first movie star), this 1909 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection which depicts […]

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Film Clips, Prostitution
Safe in Hell

Safe in Hell (1931)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

This is an excerpt from the 1931 pre-Code film Safe in Hell starring Dorothy Mackaill. The film tells the story of a prostitute who escapes a murder charge by moving […]

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Film Clips, Prostitution
The Inside of the White Slave Traffic

The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913) was produced by sociologist Samuel H. London who produced the film, as its intertitles state, from “facts gathered during his international investigation […]

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Film Clips, White Slavery
Children Who Labor

Children Who Labor (1912)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

Written by Edith Browning and produced by the National Child Labor Committee, Children Who Labor (1912) tells the story of an immigrant father forced to allow his children to work […]

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SEX FOR SALE: SIX PROGRESSIVE-ERA BROTHEL DRAMAS

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

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