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"Sic 'Em, Sam" Promotional Still
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Democracy (played by Douglas Fairbanks) punches Prussianism (Bull Montana) on the jaw in a promotional still from "Sic 'Em, Sam" a short silent film made for the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in World War I. Fairbanks wears a U.S. Army officer's visor cap, light-colored tank top and jodhpurs, and boxing gloves labeled "War Bonds." Montana, in a Kaiser Wilhelm moustache, wears a dark tank top and jodhpurs, a pickelhaube, and gloves labeled "Kultur."
1918
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
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