The Canadian (1926)
- Directed by
- William Beaudine
- Genre
- silent film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man from Canada travels to England and becomes involved with a woman. The film is based on a play by W. Somerset Maugham and follows their relationship.
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What happens
The Canadian is an extant 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, The Land of Promise. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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