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Marriage License? (1926)

Marriage License? poster
Directed by
Frank Borzage
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets caught in a web of secrets after a troubling marriage. Her unhappy past puts her into a difficult situation with her husband and the law.

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What happens

Marriage License? is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Bradley King and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1925 play The Pelican by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. The film stars Alma Rubens, Walter McGrail, Richard Walling, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Lane, and Emily Fitzroy. The film was released on September 5, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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