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Mary Jane's Pa (1917)

Mary Jane's Pa poster
Directed by
William P.S. Earle, Charles Brabin
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family drama unfolds around a man who returns home after a long absence. His daughter and wife must adjust to his presence and the changes it brings.

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What happens

Mary Jane's Pa is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Charles Brabin and William P.S. Earle and starring Marc McDermott, Mildred Manning and Eulalie Jensen. It is based on the 1906 play Mary Jane's Pa by Edith Ellis, later adapted into a 1935 sound film of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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