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Shifting Sands (1918)

Shifting Sands poster
Directed by
Albert Parker
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama set in the early 1900s follows a young woman navigating personal loss and social expectations. She faces difficult choices about love and duty within her community.

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What happens

Shifting Sands is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Gloria Swanson. Prints of the film are held by the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection and in private collections, and Shifting Sands has been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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