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The Golden Cocoon (1925)

The Golden Cocoon poster
Directed by
Millard Webb
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles between her desires and the expectations of society in the 1920s. Her journey involves love, ambition, and the confines of marriage.

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What happens

The Golden Cocoon is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb and written by Louis D. Lighton, and Hope Loring. It is based on the 1924 novel The Golden Cocoon by Ruth Cross. The film stars Huntley Gordon, Helene Chadwick, Richard Tucker, Frank Campeau, Margaret Seddon, and Carrie Clark Ward. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 30, 1926. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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