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The Scarlet Lady (1928)

The Scarlet Lady poster
Directed by
Alan Crosland
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces complications in her life and relationships. The story unfolds in a bygone era with a musical score and sound effects but no spoken words.

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What happens

The Scarlet Lady is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film written by Bess Meredyth and directed by Alan Crosland. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This film is important historically as it was the first sound feature released by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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