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Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)

Jack and the Beanstalk poster
Directed by
Chester M. Franklin
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Jack trades his cow for magic beans that grow into a giant beanstalk. He climbs it and finds a giant's castle in the sky.

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What happens

Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1917 American silent fantasy film directed by Chester Franklin and Sidney Franklin and starring Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin, and Violet Radcliffe. It is based on the fairytale of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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