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The Trap (1913)

The Trap poster
Directed by
Edwin August
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man falls into a dangerous situation set by a woman he loves. Her former partner tries to break them apart. Things go wrong.

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What happens

The Trap is a 1913 American silent short drama film directed by Edwin August, produced by Pat Powers, and starring Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Lon Chaney. The film is now considered lost. Chaney would later appear in an unrelated film of the same name in 1922. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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