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Tsuru Aoki in a scene still
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The Indian princess Janira (played by Japanese actress Tsuru Aoki) is seated on a raised platform on the left. In front of her are four dancing girls and a host of musicians, soldiers, and Indian nobles in a scene still for the 1916 silent drama "The Beckoning Flame."
1916
New York Motion Picture Corp.
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Scene Still with Earle Foxe and Tsuru Aoki
1916
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1922
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"
1916
Film still of interior palatial scene with large group of actors and actresses dancing and celebrating in Indian costumes, some with turbans.
Olive Thomas prays in a scene still
1916
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1916
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