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Why It Is OpenThe film's 1915 to 1920s roadshow release predates reliable, centralized box office reporting, and the large early gross figures widely repeated in later popular accounts of the film cannot be traced to a verifiable contemporary source. 1 What Would Resolve ThisA rigorous historical accounting study working from surviving distributor ledgers and regional exhibition records, of the kind film economic historians have not yet completed for this title, could establish a defensible figure or a documented range. 1 Discipline Needed Question Kind Question Status Reader Facing Open Question
The film's 1915 to 1920s roadshow release predates reliable, centralized box office reporting, and the large early gross figures widely repeated in later popular accounts of the film cannot be traced to a verifiable contemporary source.
What would resolve this A rigorous historical accounting study working from surviving distributor ledgers and regional exhibition records, of the kind film economic historians have not yet completed for this title, could establish a defensible figure or a documented range.
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