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Mary Lawson's Secret (1917)

Mary Lawson's Secret poster
Directed by
John B. O'Brien
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman guards a secret from her past that threatens her present relationships. The film follows her struggle to keep it hidden as events close in.

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What happens

Mary Lawson's Secret is a lost 1917 silent dramatic film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring Charlotte Walker. The Thanhouser Film Company produced the feature with a distribution arrangement through Pathé Exchange. Walker's then husband, writer Eugene Walter, has a cameo part. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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