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The Three Godfathers (1916)

The Three Godfathers poster
Directed by
Edward LeSaint
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three outlaws find a helpless baby in the desert. They must decide between their own survival and the child's life as they travel through harsh wilderness.

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What happens

The Three Godfathers is a lost 1916 American silent film featuring Harry Carey, based on a short story of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. The film was remade in 1919 as Marked Men, which also starred Carey. John Ford's 1948 remake of Three Godfathers was dedicated to Harry Carey Sr., the star of the first adaptation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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