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A Man of Sorrow (1916)

A Man of Sorrow poster
Directed by
Oscar Apfel
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man deals with personal trials and loss in his life. The story is based on a play about his struggles.

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What happens

A Man of Sorrow is a lost 1916 American drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring William Farnum. Oscar Apfel directed and wrote the scenario based on a play, Hoodman Blind, by Wilson Barrett. The same material was remade by John Ford in a 1923 film called by the title of its source material Hoodman Blind. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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