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This newspaper advertisement features the two stars of the film The Cheaters, Isabel McDonagh (billed as Marie Lorraine) and Josef Bambach.

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This short clip from the documentary The McDonagh Sisters (2003), directed by Rebecca Barry, gives remarkable insight into the motivations of the three young filmmaking pioneers.

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In this clip from Rebecca Barry's documentary The McDonagh Sisters (2003), narrator Rachel Ward reveals what became of the sisters after their filmmaking venture came to an end.

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This short silent footage captures a screen test of film actress Isabel McDonagh (who acted under her stage name, Marie Lorraine), circa 1926.

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This excerpt from the Rebecca Barry documentary The McDonagh Sisters (2003) introduces us to Isabel, Phyllis and Paulette McDonagh.

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Four of the McDonagh children pose for a photograph with their Aunt Mary. 

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The McDonagh siblings, clockwise from top: John, Phyllis, Isabel and Paulette.

The siblings are wearing fancy dress and appear to be play-acting outdoors. 

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William Carter (Barry Manton) and Sylvia Newland (Bebe Doree) in a scene from Those Who Love (1926).

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A cinema lobby card for the McDonagh sisters' 1928 silent film The Far Paradise

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Production shot from the silent-era film The Far Paradise (1928), directed by Paulette McDonagh.