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The Gay Lord Quex (1917)

The Gay Lord Quex poster
Directed by
Maurice Elvey
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic film from 1917 based on a play about a man with a reputation for being a flirt. It follows his romantic entanglements and the complications that arise from his past.

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What happens

The Gay Lord Quex is a 1917 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Ben Webster, Irene Vanbrugh and Lilian Braithwaite. It is based on the 1899 play The Gay Lord Quex by Arthur Wing Pinero. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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