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Notable film and stage star Ivan Simpson profile
A brief sketch notes Ivan Simpson born in England in 1875 and famous for Watkins in The Green Goddess and a long silent film career. It also references his first picture with John Barrymore in The Dictator and adds a legal notice from Polk County Nebraska about reopening the estate of Silas H. Hoffer with a July 11 1930 hearing.
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Watkins
John Barrymore
Simpson
England
Polk County
Nebraska
Silas H. Hoffer
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W. J. Hoffer