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The Common Cause (1919)

The Common Cause poster
Directed by
J. Stuart Blackton
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent comedy about people gathering for a common cause. Based on a play, it follows characters working together in a lighthearted story.

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What happens

The Common Cause is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton and distributed by Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on a play, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners, and Percival Knight. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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