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10 Facts About Cathrine Curtis

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Cathrine Curtis was an American actress, film producer, investor, and radio personality.

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Cathrine Curtis was one of the first female film producers and was a political organizer noted for her far-right views.

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Cathrine Curtis attended New York University but left before graduating.

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Cathrine Curtis began investing in stocks at the age of 15.

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Cathrine Curtis planned an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, but legal wrangling ensued over rights.

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Cathrine Curtis was noted as one of the only film producers of her day and was notable for being the first woman in that position.

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Cathrine Curtis seems to have lost interest after she married her husband, Joseph O'Neill, but continued making advertorial films through the end of the decade.

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Cathrine Curtis was a far-right activist and organizer known for her anticommunist, antisemitism, and isolationist views.

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Cathrine Curtis created a number of committees and organizations in her day, including the National Legion of Mothers of America and the Women's National Committee to Keep the US Out of War.

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Cathrine Curtis was married several times; her husbands included lawyer Joseph O'Neil and Perit Coit Myers Jr.