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Glengarry School Days

Glengarry School Days poster
Directed by
Henry MacRae
Country
Canada
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy grows up in a Scottish-Canadian community in the 1800s. The story follows his school days and the people who shape him.

old-fashionedsentimentalearnestquietcharacter-drivenbittersweetslow-pacednostalgic

What happens

Glengarry School Days is a 1923 Canadian silent drama film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Harlan Knight, James Harrison and Pauline Garon. It is based on the novel of the same title by Ralph Connor. It was distributed in the United States by Hodkinson Pictures with the alternative title of The Critical Age. It was the last of three pictures based on works by Connor directed by MacRae for Canadian producer Ernest Shipman following Cameron of the Royal Mounted and The Man from Glengarry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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