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The World's Great Snare (1916)

The World's Great Snare poster
Directed by
Joseph Kaufman
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stage actress stars in this silent film based on a novel about a woman caught in a dangerous romance. The plot involves her struggle with a seductive man and the consequences of her choices.

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What happens

The World's Great Snare is a 1916 American silent drama film produced by Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1900 novel of the same name by E. Phillips Oppenheim and was directed by Joseph Kaufman. The film stars Pauline Frederick, a noted stage actress, and Irving Cummings, later a director, is the male lead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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