''This Freedom'' is a 1923 British silent

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directed by

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and starring

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Clive Brook Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States ...

, and John Stuart. It was based on the novel ''This Freedom'' by A.S.M. Hutchinson.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a woman, who learned as a child that man's power was too dominating, strikes out in search of independence. She rears a family as a business women, leaving the children to a governess. Her formula backfires and the fallacy of her ideas is the climax.

Cast

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* * 1923 films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Denison Clift 1923 drama films Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub