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The Redeeming Sin (1929)

The Redeeming Sin poster
Directed by
Howard Bretherton
Genre
drama film, silent film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman tries to escape her past and find redemption. Her family is torn apart by crime and tragedy.

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What happens

The Redeeming Sin is a 1929 American sound part-talkie crime drama film directed by Howard Bretherton. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 32 minutes of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and stars Dolores Costello. The Redeeming Sin is a lost film. This film is a remake of a 1925 Vitagraph film The Redeeming Sin starring Alla Nazimova. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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