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- Barthelmess was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- For his contribution as an actor, Richard Barthelmess was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Barthelmess is a recipient of the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.
- 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. 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 Mr. Barthelmess and his friends in New York in the summer of 1922
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