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The Sowers (1916)

The Sowers poster
Directed by
Frank Reicher, William Churchill deMille
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and a man get involved in political intrigue and a romance in a historical setting. The story is based on a novel from the late 1800s.

dramaticromantichistoricalmelodramaticquietearnestold-fashionedstately

What happens

The Sowers is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the 1896 novel The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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