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Love's Option (1928)

Love's Option poster
Directed by
George William Pearson
Genre
silent film, adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Rivals compete for control of a Spanish copper mine. A woman is caught in the middle of their conflict.

adventuroustenseold-fashionedbriskdramaticunpretentious

What happens

Love's Option is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by George Pearson and starring Dorothy Boyd, Patrick Aherne and James Carew. It was made at Cricklewood Studios based on the novel The Riddle by Douglas Newton. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures' British subsidiary, enabling the company to meet its yearly quota set down by the British government. The film follows several rivals attempting to gain control of a valuable Spanish copper mine. It was known by the alternative title A Girl of Today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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