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The Ever Open Door (1920)

The Ever Open Door poster
Directed by
Fred Goodwins
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film is about a family facing challenges. It was adapted from a Victorian stage play and follows characters through dramatic situations.

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What happens

The Ever Open Door is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope. It was based on the play The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims, a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas. It was one of a number of Sims' plays to be adapted for cinema during the silent era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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