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One Splendid Hour (1929)

One Splendid Hour poster
Directed by
Cliff Wheeler
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama about the end of an era. The story follows a performer whose career is ending as motion pictures shift from silent to sound.

melancholicreflectivebittersweetunderstatednostalgicquietpensive

What happens

One Splendid Hour is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Cliff Wheeler and starring Viola Dana, George Periolat and Jack Richardson. Dana retired following the film, due to the introduction of sound films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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