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A Yoke of Gold (1916)

A Yoke of Gold poster
Directed by
Lloyd B. Carleton
Genre
silent film, melodrama
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A story set in early California mission times. It follows characters involved in a melodramatic conflict over a gold yoke.

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What happens

A Yoke of Gold is a 1916 American silent black and white melodrama directed by Lloyd B. Carleton and starring Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson. Based on an original story by Rob Wagner, it is a period piece set in the early days of the California missions. The movie was released on August 14, 1916, by Universal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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