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The Cub (1915)

The Cub poster
Directed by
Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stage actress plays a young woman caught in a small town scandal. The story follows her as she deals with the gossip and judgment from her neighbors.

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What happens

The Cub is an extant 1915 silent film drama produced by William A. Brady and directed by Maurice Tourneur. The film is based on a 1910 Broadway play, The Cub by Thompson Buchanan, also produced by Brady. This marks the only time stage actress Martha Hedman starred in a film. This film has been recently restored and available for viewing and DVD purchase. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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