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Lights of London (1914)

Lights of London poster
Directed by
Bert Haldane
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man is sent to prison after his cousin frames him. He escapes to save his fiancée from danger.

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What happens

Lights of London is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Arthur Chesney, Phyllis Relph and Fred Paul. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama The Lights o' London by George Sims and was made at Ealing Studios. The play was again turned into a silent film in 1923. The film is a thriller and melodrama in which a young man is sent to prison after being framed by his cousin and manages to escape to save his fiancée. The fim was produced by William G.B. Barker. The film had four reels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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