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Under Cover (1916)

Under Cover poster
Directed by
Robert G. Vignola
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Based on a Broadway play, this silent drama follows characters caught in a web of secrets and deception. The story unfolds with theatrical precision as people hide their true intentions from one another.

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What happens

Under Cover is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by Doty Hobart and Roi Cooper Megrue, and starring Hazel Dawn, Owen Moore, William Courtleigh Jr., Ethel Fleming, Frank Losee, and Ida Darling. It was released on July 20, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. It was based on the 1914 Broadway play of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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