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Half an Hour (1920)

Half an Hour poster
Directed by
Harley Knoles
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman faces a sudden moral crisis when her past choices come back to her. She must decide between keeping her current comfortable life and following her conscience.

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What happens

Half an Hour is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Charles Richman, Albert L. Barrett, Frank Losee, and H. Cooper Cliffe. It is based on the 1913 play Half an Hour by J. M. Barrie. The film was released on September 19, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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