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The Sleeping Lion (1919)

The Sleeping Lion poster
Directed by
Rupert Julian
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Western film from 1919. It follows characters navigating life outdoors in the mountains of California.

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What happens

The Sleeping Lion is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Monroe Salisbury, Pat Moore and Rhea Mitchell. Location shooting for the film was completed at Keen Camp in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, and in San Bernardino County, CA. The film held openings in New York City at the New York Theatre and in Los Angeles at the Superba Theatre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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