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The Unknown Quantity (1919)

The Unknown Quantity poster
Directed by
Thomas R. Mills
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A story based on an O. Henry short story from 1910 follows characters in a silent film. The plot involves a situation where an unknown factor changes the course of events. This film is lost and only descriptions remain.

old-fashionedmysteriousquietbriskpoignantslightly datedunderstated

What happens

The Unknown Quantity is a lost 1919 American silent directed by Thomas R. Mills produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on the 1910 short story of the same name by O. Henry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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