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The Midlanders (1920)

The Midlanders poster
Directed by
Joe De Grasse
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces challenges in a rural American community based on a 1912 novel. The film is a silent drama from the 1920s.

old-fashionedmelodramaticslow-pacedemotionalearnestfragmentary

What happens

The Midlanders is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Bessie Love and directed by husband and wife duo Joseph De Grasse and Ida May Park. It was produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions and distributed by Federated Film Exchanges of America. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Charles Tenney Jackson, published by Bobbs-Merrill Company. Only a small fragment of this film is known to survive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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