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The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918)

The Cruise of the Make-Believes poster
Directed by
George Melford
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman stars in her first film during a deadly pandemic. The story follows her character through a romantic drama set in the early 1900s.

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What happens

The Cruise of the Make-Believes is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Lila Lee in her first motion picture. It was directed by George Melford and is based on a 1907 novel of the same name by Tom Gallon. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures released. The film was released at the height of the 1918 flu pandemic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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