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The Whip (1928)

The Whip poster
Directed by
Charles Brabin
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is involved in the world of horse racing in England. The story is based on a play.

dramaticemotionalhistoricalold-fashionedquietstylizedearnest

What happens

The Whip is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Dorothy Mackaill. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was based on a 1912 play The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton and distributed by First National. This sound film was released with a synchronized Vitaphone soundtrack of music and sound effects. It is set in the horse racing world of England. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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