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"The Poverty Of Riches" Scene Still
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Tom Donaldson (played by John Bowers) is dressing with the help of his wife Grace (Louise Lovely) in a scene still from "The Poverty of Riches" (Goldwyn 1921). The little girl looking up at him is probably Barbara Maier, who played his daughter in the film.
1921
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
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