The Bond of Blood (1916)

Directed by

Van Dyke Brooke

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A short silent film based on a play by Benjamin Webster. A story about family ties and a fateful encounter, adapted by the director and a screenwriter.

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What happens

The Bond of Blood è un cortometraggio muto del 1916 diretto da Van Dyke Brooke. Tratto dal lavoro teatrale One Touch of Nature di Benjamin Webster, il soggetto venne adattato per lo schermo dallo stesso regista e da A. Van Buren Powell, uno sceneggiatore che, dal 1914 al 1921, firmò oltre quaranta sceneggiature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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