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Also Known As Elwood Dager Cromwell
Born December 23, 1887 • Toledo • Ohio
Died September 26, 1979 (aged 91) • Santa Barbara • California
Notable Works “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” • “Ann Vickers” • “Anna and the King of Siam” • “Caged” • “Dead Reckoning” • “I Dream Too Much” • “Little Lord Fauntleroy” • “Of Human Bondage” • “Since You Went Away” • “The Company She Keeps” • “The Goddess” • “The Prisoner of Zenda” • “World and the Flesh”

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