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silent crime
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drama film
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directed by
Paul Hurst
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and starring
Gaston Glass
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* ''The Corsican Broth ...
,
Hedda Nova
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Born in Odessa, Nova received her schooling at a Parisian convent.
Nova appeared in 16 films, mostly westerns, from 1917 through 1926. '' The Spitfire of Seville'' (19 ...
and
Noah Beery
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.
[Munden p.258] It takes place during the era of
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Synopsis
After his sister falls ill from drinking some bad
booze, Robert Cartwright sets out to investigate and expose those
bootleggers but unexpectedly encounters an attractive woman who has been roped into the gang of criminals.
Cast
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Gaston Glass
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Selected filmography
* ''The Corsican Broth ...
as Robert Cartwright
*
Hedda Nova
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Biography
Born in Odessa, Nova received her schooling at a Parisian convent.
Nova appeared in 16 films, mostly westerns, from 1917 through 1926. '' The Spitfire of Seville'' (19 ...
as Leona Haynes
*
Noah Beery
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen ...
as Lee Haynes
*
Gertrude Astor
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as Evelyn Cartwright
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Rosaline Marlin
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Eric Mayne
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He appeared in the films ''The New York Peaco ...
*
Theodore Lorch
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References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
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1925 films
1925 crime films
American silent feature films
American crime films
Films directed by Paul Hurst
American black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
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