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The Call of the Cumberlands (1916)

The Call of the Cumberlands poster
Directed by
Frank Lloyd
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man from the Kentucky mountains gets involved in a family feud. He must choose between his old loyalties and a new life in the city.

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What happens

The Call of the Cumberlands is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Julia Crawford Ivers based upon the novel of the same name by Charles Neville Buck. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Page Peters, Howard Davies, and Richard L'Estrange. The film was released on January 23, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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