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The Secret Sin (1915)

The Secret Sin poster
Directed by
Frank Reicher
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman plays two different characters in a silent drama. The story involves secrets and relationships in early 20th century America.

melodramaticold-fashionedslow-pacedserioustheatricalsomberquiet

What happens

The Secret Sin is a surviving 1915 American silent drama film produced by Jesse L. Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915 to 1917 allows viewing of Blanche Sweet during her Paramount period immediately after she left D. W. Griffith's employ. In this film Sweet has a rare chance to act in a double exposure scene playing two different characters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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