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Interview conducted by George Pratt.

Photo by Irving Chidnoff, courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum.

00:00:00 Career – THE WHITE SISTER (1923)

00:03:00 Career – LA BOHÈME (1926)

00:07:00 Career – BROKEN BLOSSOMS OR THE YELLOW MAN AND THE GIRL (1919)

00:09:00 Career – Consulting with Griffith on finances

00:18:00 Career – End of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer contract and public image

00:25:20 Career – THE WIND (1928)

00:27:00 Reflections – Experiencing audience reactions

The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19.

Generous support for the introductions provided by Art Bridges, and made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES.

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