Souvenir of "Masks & faces" picture play, 1917.

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Souvenir of "Masks & faces" picture play, 1917.

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Photo album of film "Masks and faces" by Tom Taylor, which was filmed in England in 1917. Mask and faces was adapted from Charles Reade's biographical novel, Peg Wolfington. Set in 18th-century London, the film stars Irene Vanbrugh as celebrated stage actress Peg Wolfington. Contains 63 black and white photos of scenes from the film, mounted on black paper bound in half leather and embossed cloth boards with gold lettering. Most pages have pencilled "Masks" with a number in lower right corner, though not bound in number order. Photographer unknown.

[63] p. : all ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.

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Cornell University Library

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Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

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Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Charles Reade was born in Oxfordshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; he became a fellow of the college, studied law, and earned a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, although he never practiced law. He wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration with other dramatists, including translations of continentral drama (sometimes without permission). His most successful play was Masks and Faces which, on the advice of actress Laura Seymour, he turned into a novel. He was eventually more successfu...

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