''The Journey's End'' is a 1921 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Munden p.396

Plot

Cast

as The Girl *

as The Ironworker *

as The Mill Owner * Georgette Bancroft as The Child * John T. Dillon as The Uncle

Subtitles

The film has no subtitles, which was unusual for a silent film. Its marketing made note of the fact that it was the first serious drama to not use subtitles. This distinguished it from '' The Old Swimmin' Hole'' which came out earlier in 1921 but had a simpler plot.(18 July 1921)
The Screen
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''(31 July 1921)
The Journey's End
''Washington Herald''

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hugo Ballin Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-US-film-stub