Photo of Mildred Davis???

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Photo of Mildred Davis???

Post by Buster95 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:14 pm

I'm not sure myself but is it a photo of Mildred Davis? http://www.ebay.com/itm/MILDRED-DAVIS-O ... SwTA9X2i1e" target="_blank

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Re: Photo of Mildred Davis???

Post by missdupont » Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:12 pm

I saw this last night. It's Mary Pickford. There's another dealer with a Witzel photo of Charles Ray that they're calling unidentified actor.

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Re: Photo of Mildred Davis???

Post by Buster95 » Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:43 am

missdupont wrote:I saw this last night. It's Mary Pickford. There's another dealer with a Witzel photo of Charles Ray that they're calling unidentified actor.
Yes look like Mary Pickford.

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Re: Photo of Mildred Davis???

Post by silentfilm » Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:45 am

I contacted the seller, as he's someone that I've purchased from before. He says that the photo is from the Harold Lloyd/Mildred Davis estate. Regardless, I think it is Mary Pickford, probably from 1917-1918.

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Re: Photo of Mildred Davis???

Post by sepiatone » Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:03 am

It's Mary Pickford. The same picture can be found on page 153(top right of page) in Daniel Blum's "Pictorial History of the Silent Screen"

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Re: Photo of Mildred Davis???

Post by R Michael Pyle » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:35 pm

The photo is a still of Mary Pickford from "Joanna Enlists" (1918) when she was presented an honorary colonel in the 143rd Field Artillery. You can watch a small part of this at this URL:

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