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Lord Chumley (1914)

Lord Chumley poster
Directed by
James Kirkwood
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
40 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent short drama based on an 1888 play. It tells a story from an earlier era with theatrical staging.

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What happens

Lord Chumley is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by James Kirkwood. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress. The film began production before November 1913, but it was not released until June 1914. It is based on the 1888 play that starred E. H. Sothern. Lord Chumley was remade into the 1925 film Forty Winks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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