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The Inner Shrine (1917)

The Inner Shrine poster
Directed by
Frank Reicher
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Broadway actress stars in this silent drama based on a novel. It tells a story of love and sacrifice. The film is now lost.

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What happens

The Inner Shrine is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first of only two films that starred Margaret Illington, a noted Broadway actress. The story is from a 1909 novel, The Inner Shrine, by Basil King, an author popular with actresses. The film is now lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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