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Tag Archives: Adaptations

My Little Sister

Evelyn Nesbit in My Little Sister (1919)

December 9, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

This review of the film adaptation of Elisabeth Robins’ My Little Sister (1919) appeared in the magazine Moving Picture World. The review describes the “sensation” the play caused upon its […]

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Actresses & Actors, Elizabeth Robins, Evelyn Nesbit, Film Analyses, My Little Sister (1913) by Elizabeth Robins
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

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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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