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Somewhere in France (1916)

Somewhere in France poster
Directed by
Charles Giblyn
Genre
silent film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman uses her charms in a wartime spy plot. It is a silent film drama set during World War I.

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What happens

Somewhere in France is a 1916 silent era war espionage drama motion picture starring Louise Glaum and Howard C. Hickman. Directed by Charles Giblyn and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was adapted by J. G. Hawks based on the 1915 novel of the same title by Richard Harding Davis, which was also serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. The production companies for Somewhere in France were the New York Motion Picture Company and Kay-Bee Pictures. It was distributed through the Triangle Film Corporation. Glaum brings her femme fatale persona of a vamp to this feature length war drama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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