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The Unlawful Trade (1914)

The Unlawful Trade poster
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This lost silent short drama follows characters caught in an illegal transaction. The story focuses on the consequences of that trade for those involved.

silent-eradramaticstraightforwardstarkseriousold-fashionedminimalist

What happens

The Unlawful Trade is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Pauline Bush, William Lloyd, Murdock MacQuarrie, George Cooper, and Lon Chaney. Allan Dwan also wrote the screenplay, based on a story by George Cooper. The film is now considered lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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