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Irene Castle and Frank Hall Crane on a film set.
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Irene Castle and her director Frank Crane discussing a script on the set of either Vengence is Mine or Stranded in Arcady, two films they made in 1917. In the right foreground is a Pathé 35mm motion picture camera on its tripod.
1917
Astra Film Corp.
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Production still of Marguerite Clark knitting.
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