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Mary Miles Minter and James Kirkwood
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The fifteen-year-old silent film actress Mary Miles Minter stands beside a two-seat roadster automobile looking at the director James Kirkwood sitting at the wheel. A woman sits at the entrance to the house behind them, perhaps Charlotte Shelby, Minter's mother. Minter's career was shadowed by scandal, including an affair with the 42-year-old Kirkwood in 1916 and a connection with the unsolved murder of director William Desmond Taylor in 1922. Original caption: "Every morning, James Kirkwood, Miss Minter's director, motors to her home and drives her to the studio."
August 16, 1916
Publication Information
| Date Created | August 16, 1916 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 25 x 20 cm |
Collection Information
| Call Number | SF AUTOMOBILES M-N |
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Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research |
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