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The Slave Market (1917)

The Slave Market poster
Directed by
Hugh Ford
Genre
silent film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and a man get caught up in a dangerous situation in a foreign market. The story follows their attempts to escape from captivity.

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What happens

The Slave Market is a 1917 American adventure silent film directed by Hugh Ford and written by Clara Beranger and Frederic Arnold Kummer. Starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Meighan, Al Hart, Ruby Hoffman, and Wellington A. Playter, it was released on January 1, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. The film premiered at the Strand Theatre in New York City and had an additional opening at the Garrick Theatre in Minneapolis, MN in January 1917. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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