Editing Richard Barthelmess

{{Short description|American actor (1895–1963)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Richard Barthelmess
| image              = Richard Barthelmess - publicity.JPG 
| imagesize          = 
| caption            = Barthelmess in 1934
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1895|05|09}} 
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1963|08|17|1895|05|09}}
| death_place        = [[Southampton, New York]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Ferncliff Cemetery]]
| alma_mater         = [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] 
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1916–1942
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Mary Hay (actress)|Mary Hay]]|1920|1927|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Jessica Stewart Sargent|1928<!--As marriage ended with his death, year is omitted per Template:Marriage instructions--->}}
}}
| children           = 2
}}

'''Richard Semler Barthelmess''' (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite [[Lillian Gish]] in [[D. W. Griffith]]'s ''[[Broken Blossoms]]'' (1919) and ''[[Way Down East]]'' (1920) and was among the founders of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in 1927. The following year, he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for two films: ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'' and ''[[The Noose (film)|The Noose]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thise|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hynlEn8PcUgC&q=Richard+Barthelmess|title=Hollywood Winners & Losers A to Z|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87910-351-4|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Barthelmess was born in New York City, the son of Caroline W. Harris, a stage actress,<ref name="fb">{{cite book|last1=Donnelley|first1=Paul|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|date=2003|publisher=Music Sales Group|isbn=9780711995123|pages=70&ndash;71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAhtNiAl3YsC&q=%22Richard+Semler+Barthelmess%22&pg=PA70|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=44222 IBDb profile of Caroline Harris]; Deaths Last Night, ''Ironwood Daily Globe'' (Ironwood, Michigan) April 24, 1937, p. 11, c. 2.</ref> and Alfred W. Barthelmess.<ref>Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1103; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0470; FHL microfilm: 1241103</ref> His father died when he was a year old.<ref>[http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/hmj0626rbarthelmess.htm "Tea With Mrs. Barthelmess – An Intimate Chat With the Mother of Dick"], ''The Home Movie Journal,'' June 1926</ref> Through his mother, he grew up in the theatre, doing "walk-ons" from an early age. In contrast to that, he was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack, New York and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pawlak|first1=Debra Ann|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|date=2012|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=9781605982168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Richard+Semler+Barthelmess%22&pg=PT47|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> He did some acting in college and other amateur productions. By 1919 he had five years in stock company experience.<ref>''The Motion Picture Studio Directory,'' 1919; Page: 48. The 1900 US Census reported his mother ran a boardinghouse as housekeeper with a maid and butler. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 1009.</ref>

==Career==
Russian actress [[Alla Nazimova]], a friend of the family, was taught English by Caroline Barthelmess.<ref>''A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'' by Daniel Blum, ca. 1953, p. 111.</ref> Nazimova convinced Richard Barthelmess to try acting professionally,{{Citation needed |date=February 2024}} and he made his debut screen appearance in 1916 in the serial ''[[Gloria's Romance]]'' as an uncredited extra. He also appeared as a supporting player in several films starring [[Marguerite Clark]].
 
[[File:Barth07.jpg|thumb|190px|right|With [[Lillian Gish]] in the 1920 release ''[[Way Down East]]'']]
His next role, in ''War Brides'' opposite Nazimova, attracted the attention of director [[David Wark Griffith|D.W. Griffith]], who offered him several important roles, finally casting him opposite [[Lillian Gish]] in ''[[Broken Blossoms]]'' (1919) and ''[[Way Down East]]'' (1920). He founded his own production company, Inspiration Film Company, together with Charles Duell and [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]. One of their films, ''[[Tol'able David]]'' (1921), in which Barthelmess starred as a teenage mailman who finds courage, was a major success. In 1922, ''[[Photoplay]]'' described him as the "idol of every girl in America."<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Shadow Stage |url=https://archive.org/stream/phojun22chic#page/n197/mode/2up |journal=[[Photoplay]] |location=New York |publisher=Photoplay Publishing Company |date=February 1922 |access-date=September 3, 2015 }}</ref>

[[File:Richard Barthelmess - Mar 1922 Silverscreen.jpg|thumb|160px|right|upright|''Silverscreen'' magazine, 1922]]
Barthelmess had a large female following during the 1920s. An admirer wrote to the editor of ''Picture-Play Magazine'' in 1921:<blockquote>Different fans have different opinions, and although [[Wallace Reid]], [[Thomas Meighan]], and [[Niles Welch]] are mighty fine chaps, I think that Richard Barthelmess beats them all. Dick is getting more and more popular every day, and why? Because his wonderful black hair and soulful eyes are enough to make any young girl adore him. The first play I saw Dick in was ''Boots''—[[Dorothy Gish]] playing the lead. This play impressed me so that I went to see every play in which he appeared—''[[Three Men and a Girl]],'' ''[[Scarlet Days]],'' ''[[The Love Flower]],'' and ''[[Broken Blossoms]],'' in which I decided that Dick was my favorite. I am looking forward to ''[[Way Down East]]'' as being a great success, because I know Dick will play a good part.<ref>G. C. (1921). [https://archive.org/stream/pictureplaymagaz14unse#page/n127/mode/2up "What the Fans Think"] ''Picture-Play Magazine''</ref></blockquote>

Barthelmess soon became one of Hollywood's higher paid performers,{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}} starring in such classics as ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'' in 1927 and ''[[The Noose (film)|The Noose]]'' in 1928; he was nominated for Best Actor at the first [[Academy Awards]] for his performance in both films. In addition, he won a special citation for producing ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]''.

With the advent of the sound era, Barthelmess remained a star for a number of years. He played numerous leads in talkie films, most notably ''[[Son of the Gods]]'' (1930), ''[[The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' (1930), ''[[The Last Flight (1931 film)|The Last Flight]]'' (1931), ''[[The Cabin in the Cotton]]'' (1932) and ''[[Heroes for Sale (film)|Heroes for Sale]]'' (1933). He was able to choose his own material and often played in controversial or socially conscious films.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Berumen|first=Frank Javier Garcia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkK9DwAAQBAJ&q=richard+barthelmess+warner+bros+1935&pg=PT83|title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood|date=2019-11-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-7813-9|language=en}}</ref> However, his popularity began to wane in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/richard-barthelmess-p4323|title=Richard Barthelmess &#124; Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos}}</ref>  He became too old for the boyish leads he usually played.  In his later films (between 1939 and his retirement in 1942), he turned towards [[Character actor|character roles]] – most notably, his supporting role as the disgraced pilot and husband of [[Rita Hayworth]]'s character in ''[[Only Angels Have Wings]]'' (1939).

===Post-acting career===
Barthelmess failed to maintain the stardom of his silent film days and gradually left entertainment. He enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II, and served as a lieutenant commander, stationed at [[Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard]]. He never returned to film, preferring to live off his real estate investments.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Menefee|first=David W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QJWDwAAQBAJ&q=richard+barthelmess+retirement&pg=PA1888|title=The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era|date=2007-10-20|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On June 18, 1920, Barthelmess married [[Mary Hay (actress)|Mary Hay]], a stage and screen star, in New York.<ref name=fb/> They had one daughter, Mary Barthelmess, before divorcing on January 15, 1927.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&q=richard+barthelmess+mary+hay+divorce&pg=PT118|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|last=Pawlak|first=Debra Ann|date=2012-01-12|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=978-1-60598-216-8|language=en}}</ref>

In August 1927, Barthelmess became engaged to Katherine Young Wilson, a Broadway actress.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=65239| title = Katherine Wilson's profile at IBDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19270824&id=wJ0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4751,4434083| title = Barthelmess and Wilson's wedding announcement in ''The Reading Eagle'', August 24, 1927 (accessed 5 December 2011)}}</ref> However, the engagement was called off due to Wilson's stated desire to continue acting,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&q=richard+barthelmess+katherine+young+wilson&pg=PT172|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|last=Pawlak|first=Debra Ann|date=2012-01-12|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=978-1-60598-216-8|language=en}}</ref> or possibly his affair around this time with the journalist [[Adela Rogers St. Johns]].<ref>Scott Eyman, ''The Speed of Sound,''1999, p. 305.</ref>

On April 21, 1928, Barthelmess married Jessica Stewart Sargent.<ref name=fb/> He later adopted her son, Stewart, from a previous marriage. They remained married until Barthelmess' death in 1963.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}

==Death==
Barthelmess died of [[throat cancer]] on August 17, 1963, aged 68, in [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]], New York.<ref name=fb/> He was interred at the [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] and Mausoleum in [[Hartsdale, New York|Hartsdale]], New York.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&q=richard+barthelmess&pg=PA320|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|date=2016-08-22|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4|language=en}}</ref>

==Legacy==
* Barthelmess was a founder of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="founders">{{cite web|title=History of the Academy: Original 36 founders of the Academy Actors|url=http://www.hollywoodgoldenguy.com/About_The_Academy.html|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences website|access-date=20 July 2013|year=2008|archive-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616091143/http://www.hollywoodgoldenguy.com/About_The_Academy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1960, Barthelmess received a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion picture star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry.<ref>[http://www.walkoffame.com/richard-barthelmess Hollywood Walk of Fame]. Retrieved January 19, 2017</ref>
* Barthelmess was among the second group of recipients of the George Eastman Award in 1957, given by the [[George Eastman House]] for distinguished contribution to the art of film.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120415183637/http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php "George Eastman Award" (archive)]. ''eastmanhouse.org''. George Eastman House. Retrieved November 14, 2017.</ref>
* Composer Katherine Allan Lively dedicated her piano composition ''Within the Walls of China: A Chinese Episode'' to Barthelmess in the sheet music published in 1923 by G. Schirmer, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mainemusicbox.library.umaine.edu/musicbox/pages/full_record.asp?id=KAS_001019&dispimg=0 |title=Published sheet music on-line at Maine Music Box. |access-date=May 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023216/http://mainemusicbox.library.umaine.edu/musicbox/pages/full_record.asp?id=KAS_001019&dispimg=0 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  An article in ''The Music Trades'' reported that Mrs. Lively was inspired by a viewing of the film ''Broken Blossoms'', and performed the piece for Barthelmess and his friends in New York in the summer of 1922.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7JZQAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22katherine+allen+lively%22&pg=RA9-PA40| title = (1922) ''The Music Trade''s, '''64''' (21 October), 40.| year = 1922}}</ref>
* In 2024, [[East West Players]] produced ''Unbroken Blossoms'' by [[Philip W. Chung]], a world premier play which depicted the making of ''[[Broken Blossoms]]''. Barthelmess was portrayed by actor Conlan Ledwith.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ashley |title=D.W. Griffith Stoked Racism with 'Birth of a Nation.' A playwright Imagined What Happens Next |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-07-03/d-w-griffith-racism-broken-blossoms-play-east-west-players |access-date=9 September 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=3 July 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
[[File:Collage of Richard Barthelmess, 1920.jpg|thumb|200px|Collage of various characters portrayed by Barthelmess, 1920]]
[[File:Barthelmess collage.jpg|thumb|200px|Another collage of stills from various films, 1930]]
;Features:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1916 || ''[[Gloria's Romance]]'' || Bit role || Uncredited <br /> '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1916 || ''[[War Brides (1916 film)|War Brides]]'' || Arno || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1916 || ''[[Snow White (1916 film)|Snow White]]'' || Pie Man || Uncredited
|-
| 1916 || ''Just a Song at Twilight'' || George Turner || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''The Moral Code'' || Gary Miller ||
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Eternal Sin]]'' || Gennaro || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Valentine Girl]]'' || Robert Wentworth || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Soul of a Magdalen]]'' || Louis Broulette || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Streets of Illusion]]'' || Donald Morton ||
|-
| 1917 || ''[[Camille (1917 film)|Camille]]'' || Bit role || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[Bab's Diary]]'' || Tommy Gray || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[Bab's Burglar]]'' || Tommy Gray || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[Nearly Married]]'' || Dick Griffon || '''Incomplete'''
|-
| 1917 || ''[[For Valour (1917 film)|For Valour]]'' || Henry Nobbs || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Seven Swans]]'' || Prince Charming || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1918 || ''[[Sunshine Nan]]'' || MacPherson Clark || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1918 || ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (1918 film)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]'' || Bayard Varick || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1918 || ''[[Hit-The-Trail Holliday]]'' || Bobby Jason || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1918 || ''[[Wild Primrose]]'' || Jack Wilton || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1918 || ''[[The Hope Chest]]'' || Tom Ballantyne || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919 || ''[[Boots (film)|Boots]]'' || Everett White || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919 || ''[[The Girl Who Stayed at Home]]'' || Ralph Grey ||
|-
| 1919 || ''[[Three Men and a Girl]]'' || Christopher Kent || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919 || ''[[Peppy Polly]]'' || Dr. James Merritt || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919 || ''[[Broken Blossoms]]'' || Cheng Huan - The Yellow Man || 
|-
| 1919 || ''[[I'll Get Him Yet]]'' || Scoop McCready || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919 || ''[[Scarlet Days]]'' || Don Maria Alvarez || 
|-
| 1920 || ''[[The Idol Dancer]]'' || Dan McGuire || 
|-
| 1920 || ''[[The Love Flower]]'' || Bruce Sanders || 
|-
| 1920 || ''[[Way Down East]]'' || David Bartlett || 
|-
| 1921 || ''[[Experience (1921 film)|Experience]]'' || Youth || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921 || ''[[Tol'able David]]'' || David Kinemon || 
|-
| 1922 || ''[[The Seventh Day (1922 film)|The Seventh Day]]'' || John Alden Jr. || 
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Sonny (1922 film)|Sonny]]'' || Sonny Crosby / Joe || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922 || ''[[The Bond Boy]]'' || Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923 || ''[[Fury (1923 film)|Fury]]'' || Boy Leyton || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923 || ''[[The Bright Shawl]]'' || Charles Abbott || 
|-
| 1923 || ''[[The Fighting Blade]]'' || Karl Van Kerstenbroock || 
|-
| 1923 || ''[[Twenty-One (1923 film)|Twenty-One]]'' || Julian McCullough || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924 || ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1924 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' || Oliver Bashforth || 
|-
| 1924 || ''[[Classmates (1924 film)|Classmates]]'' || Duncan Irving Jr || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925 || ''[[New Toys]]'' || Will Webb || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925 || ''[[Soul-Fire]]'' || Eric Fane || 
|-
| 1925 || ''[[Shore Leave (1925 film)|Shore Leave]]'' || D.X. (Bilge) Smith || 
|-
| 1925 || ''[[The Beautiful City (1925 film)|The Beautiful City]]'' || Tony Gillardi || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926 || ''[[Just Suppose]]'' || Prince Rupert of Koronia || 
|-
| 1926 || ''[[Ranson's Folly (1926 film)|Ranson's Folly]]'' || Lt. Ranson || 
|-
| 1926 || ''[[The Amateur Gentleman (1926 film)|The Amateur Gentleman]]'' || Barnabas Barty || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926 || ''[[The White Black Sheep]]'' || Robert Kincarin || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1927 || ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'' || Patent Leather Kid || 
|-
| 1927 || ''[[The Drop Kick]]'' || Jack Hamill || 
|-
| 1928 || ''[[The Noose (film)|The Noose]]'' || Nickie Elkins || 
|-
| 1928 || ''[[The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928 film)|The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come]]'' || Chad Buford || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928 || ''[[Wheel of Chance]]'' || Nicolai Turkeltaub / Jacob Taline || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928 || ''[[Out of the Ruins (film)|Out of the Ruins]]'' || Lt. Pierre Dumont || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928 || ''[[Scarlet Seas]]'' || Steven Dunkin || 
|-
| 1929 || ''[[Weary River]]'' || Jerry Larrabee || 
|-
| 1929 || ''[[Drag (film)|Drag]]'' || David Carroll || 
|-
| 1929 || ''[[Young Nowheres]]'' || Albert 'Binky' Whalen || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929 || ''[[The Show of Shows (film)|The Show of Shows]]'' || 'Meet My Sister' Presenter || 
|-
| 1930 || ''[[Son of the Gods]]'' || Sam Lee || 
|-
| 1930 || ''[[The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' || Dick Courtney || 
|-
| 1930 || ''[[The Lash (1930 film)|The Lash]]'' || Francisco Delfino 'Pancho' || 
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Finger Points]]'' || Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee || 
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Last Flight (1931 film)|The Last Flight]]'' || Cary Lockwood || 
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Alias the Doctor]]'' || Karl Brenner || 
|-
| 1932 || ''[[The Cabin in the Cotton]]'' || Marvin Blake || 
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Central Airport (film)|Central Airport]]'' || James 'Jim' Blaine || 
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Heroes for Sale (film)|Heroes for Sale]]'' || Tom Holmes || 
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Massacre (1934 film)|Massacre]]'' || Chief Joe Thunderhorse || 
|-
| 1934 || ''[[A Modern Hero]]'' || Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader || 
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Midnight Alibi]]'' || Lance McGowan / Robert Anders || 
|-
| 1935 || ''[[Four Hours to Kill!]]'' || Tony Mako || 
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Spy of Napoleon]]'' || Gerard de Lanoy || 
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Only Angels Have Wings]]'' || Bat MacPherson || 
|-
| 1940 || ''[[The Man Who Talked Too Much]]'' || J.B. Roscoe || 
|-
| 1942 || ''[[The Spoilers (1942 film)|The Spoilers]]'' || Bronco Kid Farrow || 
|-
| 1942 || ''[[The Mayor of 44th Street]]'' || Ed Kirby ||
|}
;Short subjects:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1926 || ''[[Camille (Barton film)|Camille]]'' || Gaston || Home movie by cariacaturist [[Ralph Barton]]
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Stolen Jools]]'' || Himself
|-
| 1931 || ''How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: The Putter'' ||  Himself || Uncredited
|-
| 1935 || ''Starlit Days at the Lido'' || Himself || Uncredited
|-
| 1941 || ''Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy'' || Himself || Uncredited
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Hammond, Michael "War Relic and Forgotten Man: Richard Barthelmess as Celluloid Veteran in Hollywood 1922–1933", ''Journal of War & Culture Studies'', 6:4, 2013, p.&nbsp;282-301. http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/1752628013Y.0000000005

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