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Smooth as Satin (1925)

Smooth as Satin poster
Directed by
Ralph Ince
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman uses a false identity to escape her past and start over. Her secrets threaten to unravel when someone from her old life reappears.

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What happens

Smooth as Satin is a 1925 American silent drama film based upon the stage play, The Chatterbox, by Bayard Veiller. It was directed by Ralph Ince and stars Evelyn Brent. The film was remade in 1930, entitled Alias French Gertie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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