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- Feb. 07, 1994: Died:Esther Ralston
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
- Feb. 07, 1994 Lock 'Em Up And Throw Away The Key
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 21
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- <p> DIED. ESTHER RALSTON, 91, silent-movie star; in Ventura, California.
- Dubbed the "American Venus" for her role in the film of that
- name, the classic blonde beauty was one of the nation's highest-paid
- stars during her heyday in the 1920s, enchanting audiences in
- works like Peter Pan (1924), while achieving a degree of artistic
- success in Josef Von Sternberg's The Case of Lena Smith (1929),
- in which she portrayed a peasant girl who takes a job as a servant
- in her lover's home. She continued acting well into the talkie
- era, appearing with such latter-day stars as Gary Cooper and
- Randolph Scott.
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