The Mawby Triplets

Hollywood has created a few fakes over the years but The Mawby Triplets take the cake. During the late 20's children were hot commodities in Hollywood and The Mawby Triplets were one of the hottest. The three girls appeared in movies with Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and John Barrymore. They were big stars and had the prints in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater but there was on little flaw. They aren't triplets. The Mawby triplets were a set of twins Claudine and Claudette and their sister Angella who was 11 months older.
The "triplets" were born in England and discovered by Hollywood in 1927 when they were disembarking from a ocean liner in Los Angeles. They were travelling with their parents as Mrs. Mawby was recovering from surgery and a doctor prescribed warm weather.  Photos of the girls were in all the papers and this brought Hollywood calling. The family lived in Malibu and the girls made their first film with Lew Cody the husband of Mable Norman. They went on to make a handful fo very successful films. The "triplets" were also members of the wedding party of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Crawford. Even though they weren't actual triplets Hollywood promoted them that way.
After the kidnaping of Charles Lindberg's son The Mawbys returned to England and that was more or less the end of their careers.