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The House of Temperley (1913)

The House of Temperley poster
Directed by
Harold M. Shaw
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama based on a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It follows a young boxer and his involvement with an aristocratic family in Regency-era England.

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What happens

The House of Temperley is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Charles Maude, Ben Webster and Lillian Logan. It is based on the 1896 novel Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle and is sometimes known by the alternative title Rodney Stone. The House of Temperley was the first film made by the London Film Company and first shown in Nottingham. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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