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    Nora Cecil

    1878-09-24 (146 years old) in London, England, UK

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nora Cecil (September 20, 1878 – May 1, 1951) was a British-American character actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Cecil's career began on the stage, where she appeared in a single Broadway production, The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, which ran for more than 240 performances at the Broadway Theatre in 1901-02. (A 1930 newspaper article says that Cecil "made her debut, three decades ago, on the London stage.") Cecil appeared in well over 100 feature films and film shorts. In 1915, she moved from the stage into films, her first appearance being in a starring role in The Arrival of Perpetua, directed by Émile Chautard. She often played "thin-lipped, stern-visaged dowagers and forbidding mothers-in-law" and "welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses and maiden aunts". One of the most significant roles was in the W.C. Fields vehicle, The Old Fashioned Way in 1934. Some of the other notable films in which Cecil appeared include: Ernst Lubitsch's historical romance, The Merry Widow, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald; the 1939 version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starring Mickey Rooney; the John Ford classic, Stagecoach, with John Wayne. Her final acting performance was in a featured role in Mourning Becomes Electra in 1947, starring Rosalind Russell.

    Movies

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    The Big Parade of Comedy
    63 %|Sep 2, 1964
    Comedy, Documentary
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    Mourning Becomes Electra
    63 %|Nov 19, 1947
    Drama
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    The Sea of Grass
    62 %|Apr 25, 1947
    Drama, Western, Romance
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    Big Town
    48 %|Aug 23, 1946
    Crime, Drama
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    The Missing Lady
    48 %|Aug 17, 1946
    Science Fiction, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Two Sisters from Boston
    58 %|Jun 6, 1946
    Comedy, Music
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    Lady on a Train
    65 %|Aug 3, 1945
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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    The Thin Man Goes Home
    70.93 %|Dec 24, 1944
    Comedy, Mystery
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    Hail the Conquering Hero
    70.08 %|Aug 9, 1944
    Comedy, War
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    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
    68.62 %|Dec 12, 1943
    Comedy, Romance, War
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    The Unknown Guest
    0 %|Oct 22, 1943
    Mystery
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    I Married a Witch
    68.28 %|Oct 30, 1942
    Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Horror
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    Apache Trail
    64 %|Sep 1, 1942
    Romance, Western
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    The Wife Takes a Flyer
    45 %|Apr 28, 1942
    War, Comedy, Romance
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    Obliging Young Lady
    50 %|Apr 1, 1942
    Comedy, Romance
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    Three Girls About Town
    53 %|Oct 23, 1941
    Adventure, Comedy
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    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
    47 %|Mar 14, 1941
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Bank Dick
    64.53 %|Nov 29, 1940
    Comedy
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    Little Men
    61 %|Nov 29, 1940
    Drama, Comedy
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    Young People
    46 %|Aug 30, 1940
    Drama
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    Lucky Partners
    59 %|Aug 2, 1940
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    What a Life
    0 %|Oct 5, 1939
    Drama, Comedy
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    Some Like It Hot
    72 %|May 19, 1939
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    Union Pacific
    65.28 %|May 5, 1939
    Drama, Western
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    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
    59 %|Apr 4, 1939
    Drama, History
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    Stagecoach
    76.14 %|Mar 3, 1939
    Western, Adventure
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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    64.12 %|Feb 10, 1939
    Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Mr. Boggs Steps Out
    55 %|Feb 18, 1938
    Comedy, Romance
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    International Settlement
    50 %|Feb 4, 1938
    Adventure
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    Borrowing Trouble
    60 %|Dec 10, 1937
    Comedy
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    Nothing Sacred
    62.1 %|Nov 25, 1937
    Comedy, Romance
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    Blossoms On Broadway
    40 %|Nov 19, 1937
    Comedy, Music
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    Partners in Crime
    0 %|Oct 8, 1937
    Comedy, Adventure
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    She Asked for It
    60 %|Sep 17, 1937
    Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Adventure
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    Easy Living
    70 %|Jul 16, 1937
    Comedy, Romance
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    Night of Mystery
    0 %|May 21, 1937
    Mystery
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    Three Smart Boys
    65 %|May 13, 1937
    Comedy
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    Night Must Fall
    70.88 %|Apr 30, 1937
    Mystery, Thriller
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    Champagne Waltz
    0 %|Feb 5, 1937
    Comedy
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    The Mighty Treve
    60 %|Jan 17, 1937
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
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    College Holiday
    52 %|Dec 19, 1936
    Comedy
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    Under Your Spell
    70 %|Nov 6, 1936
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    The Big Broadcast of 1937
    52.5 %|Oct 5, 1936
    Comedy, Romance, Music
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    Let's Make a Million
    0 %|Sep 1, 1936
    Comedy
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    Little Miss Nobody
    60 %|Jun 5, 1936
    Drama
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    Fury
    74.77000000000001 %|Jun 5, 1936
    Crime, Drama
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    Dancing Pirate
    56 %|May 22, 1936
    Music, Adventure, Comedy
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    Collegiate
    0 %|Jan 22, 1936
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    Two in the Dark
    57 %|Jan 10, 1936
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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    Way Down East
    30 %|Oct 25, 1935
    Drama, Romance
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    Slightly Static
    0 %|Sep 7, 1935
    Comedy
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    Vagabond Lady
    72 %|May 3, 1935
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Gold Diggers of 1935
    64 %|Mar 15, 1935
    Comedy
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    Car 99
    50 %|Mar 2, 1935
    Action, Crime
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    Memories and Melodies
    0 %|Feb 16, 1935
    Music
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    Biography of a Bachelor Girl
    63 %|Jan 4, 1935
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Merry Widow
    67.21000000000001 %|Nov 2, 1934
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    Opened by Mistake
    0 %|Oct 5, 1934
    Comedy
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    The Spectacle Maker
    56 %|Sep 20, 1934
    Drama, Fantasy
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    Chained
    68 %|Aug 31, 1934
    Romance, Drama
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    One-Horse Farmers
    0 %|Aug 1, 1934
    Comedy
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    Bachelor Bait
    57 %|Jul 27, 1934
    Romance, Comedy
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    The Old-Fashioned Way
    70.67 %|Jul 13, 1934
    Comedy
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    Upperworld
    63 %|Apr 28, 1934
    Crime, Drama
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    Laughing Boy
    36 %|Apr 13, 1934
    Western, Drama, Romance
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    You're Telling Me!
    64 %|Apr 6, 1934
    Comedy
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    Mixed Nuts
    62 %|Feb 16, 1934
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    Search for Beauty
    59 %|Feb 2, 1934
    Comedy, Crime
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    Design for Living
    71.46 %|Dec 29, 1933
    Comedy, Romance
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    Going Hollywood
    55 %|Dec 22, 1933
    Music, Romance, Comedy
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    Meet the Baron
    43 %|Oct 20, 1933
    Comedy
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    Stage Mother
    50 %|Sep 29, 1933
    Drama, Romance
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    Doctor Bull
    66 %|Sep 22, 1933
    Comedy, Drama
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    Hold Your Man
    61 %|Jun 30, 1933
    Drama, Romance
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    Peg o' My Heart
    52 %|May 26, 1933
    Drama, Romance
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    Nature in the Wrong
    0 %|Mar 18, 1933
    Comedy
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    King of the Jungle
    50 %|Mar 10, 1933
    Adventure, Action
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    Fast Workers
    53 %|Mar 10, 1933
    Drama
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    Wreckety Wrecks
    0 %|Feb 18, 1933
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    Asleep in the Feet
    10 %|Jan 21, 1933
    Comedy
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    The Bitter Tea of General Yen
    61.239999999999995 %|Dec 25, 1932
    Drama, Romance
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    Mr. Bride
    55 %|Dec 24, 1932
    Comedy
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    Hot Saturday
    66 %|Oct 28, 1932
    Drama, Romance
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    Girl Grief
    50 %|Oct 8, 1932
    Comedy
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    Pack Up Your Troubles
    67 %|Sep 16, 1932
    Comedy, War
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    Amateur Daddy
    0 %|Apr 10, 1932
    Drama
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    Young Bride
    30 %|Apr 8, 1932
    Drama
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    Arrowsmith
    65 %|Dec 7, 1931
    Drama
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    The Ruling Voice
    60 %|Sep 10, 1931
    Romance, Drama, Crime
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    Street Scene
    68 %|Sep 5, 1931
    Drama, Romance
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    Everything’s Rosie
    40 %|May 22, 1931
    Comedy
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    East Lynne
    63.08 %|Mar 1, 1931
    Drama
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    Millie
    56 %|Feb 6, 1931
    Drama, Romance
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    Only Saps Work
    40 %|Dec 5, 1930
    Comedy
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    Hell's Angels
    64.39 %|Nov 15, 1930
    Drama, War, Action
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    Little Accident
    0 %|Aug 3, 1930
    Comedy
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    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
    50.38 %|May 2, 1930
    Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Science Fiction
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    Seven Days Leave
    70 %|Jan 24, 1930
    Drama
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    Footlights and Fools
    0 %|Nov 8, 1929
    Music, Drama
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    Seven Footprints to Satan
    60 %|Jan 27, 1929
    Crime, Comedy, Horror
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    The Cavalier
    0 %|Nov 1, 1928
    Adventure, Action, Drama
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    The Baby Cyclone
    0 %|Sep 26, 1928
    Comedy
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    A Trick of Hearts
    0 %|Mar 18, 1928
    Western
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    The Devil Dancer
    50 %|Nov 3, 1927
    Drama, Romance
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    Too Many Crooks
    0 %|Apr 2, 1927
    Comedy
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    Girls
    45 %|Mar 27, 1927
    Comedy
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    Sensation Seekers
    64 %|Mar 21, 1927
    Romance, Drama
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    The Demi-Bride
    0 %|Feb 19, 1927
    Comedy
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    The Fortune Hunter
    0 %|Jan 18, 1927
    Comedy
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    The Silent Rider
    0 %|Jan 2, 1927
    Western
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    Midnight Faces
    45 %|Mar 24, 1926
    Horror, Thriller
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    Chip of the Flying U
    0 %|Mar 14, 1926
    Western, Comedy
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    His Majesty, Bunker Bean
    0 %|Sep 14, 1925
    Comedy
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    The Deadwood Coach
    0 %|Dec 7, 1924
    Western
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    Manslaughter
    54 %|Sep 24, 1922
    Drama
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    Timothy's Quest
    63 %|Sep 16, 1922
    Drama
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    Footfalls
    0 %|Sep 8, 1921
    Mystery
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    The Daughter Pays
    0 %|Nov 10, 1920
    Drama
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    Red Foam
    0 %|Oct 1, 1920
    Drama
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    An Amateur Widow
    0 %|May 26, 1919
    Comedy
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    Love Net
    0 %|Dec 23, 1918
    Comedy
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    By Hook or Crook
    0 %|Sep 9, 1918
    Comedy
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    American Buds
    0 %|Feb 24, 1918
    Comedy, Drama
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    Prunella
    0 %|Jan 1, 1918
    Fantasy, Romance
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    The Wild Girl
    0 %|Sep 1, 1917
    Comedy, Drama
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    A Royal Romance
    0 %|Apr 30, 1917
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Poor Little Rich Girl
    58 %|Mar 5, 1917
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Tillie Wakes Up
    60 %|Jan 29, 1917
    Comedy
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    The Social Secretary
    56 %|Sep 16, 1916
    Drama, Comedy
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    A Model Husband
    50 %|Mar 29, 1916
    Comedy
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    The Arrival of Perpetua
    0 %|Mar 29, 1915
    Comedy

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