Screenland (Apr–Sept 1923)

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Maybe, too, it's beca Hull's refusal to shave off his lip a mustache makes a man too much ornamentation for a role in Clara resemble a broker or a banker, rathKimball Young's Spanish picture, er than an artist of the silent-beauty "La Rubia." drama. 96