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Taken from the newsreel Australasian Gazette – Pauline Frederick, World Famous Star of Stage and Screen (c1924)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G

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Please note: this clip is silent

Curator’s clip description

Pauline Frederick, a world famous actress from the stage and screen, poses for the camera showing off her new sophisticated bob haircut. She wears a cloche hat and a fox stole.

Curator’s notes

Pauline Frederick was a well-known stage actor and later popular Hollywood film star. She was one of the first to feature in talkies films (feature films with sound) and specialised in strong and assertive female roles that were often considered controversial.

Elizabeth Taggart-Speers, curator

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