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The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)

The Mysterious Miss Terry poster
Directed by
J. Searle Dawley
Genre
drama film, silent film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stage actress becomes involved in a series of mysterious events. The story was written specially for her screen persona.

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What happens

The Mysterious Miss Terry is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film stars Billie Burke, who at the time was a famous stage actress, married to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. This particular story was adapted special to the screen for Burke by writer Gelett Burgess. It is a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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