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| Motion Picture News, 12-May-1922 |
Dorothy Davenport, who had been a successful actress under her own name, was usually billed as Mrs Wallace Reid after the death of her husband on 18-January-1923.
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| Motion Picture News, 08-November-1913 |
Wallace Reid was a major star. He was injured in a train accident in 1919 and became addicted to opiates. He died in a sanitorium, leaving behind Dorothy and two small children.
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| listal.com |
Later in the same year, Dorothy starred in and co-directed an anti-drug movie, Human Wreckage.
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| Educational Screen, September, 1923 |
Dorothy went on to direct several more movies. She is most remembered for The Red Kimona. I made a blogathon post about Dorothy a few years back:
Dorothy Davenport: Her Life and Career -- March 27, 2017
https://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/2017/03/dorothy-davenport-her-life-and-career.html
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