Just Around the Corner (1921)

Directed by

Frances Marion

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman from Sweden comes to America. She tries to build a new life while facing hardship and kindness in her community.

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What happens

Just Around the Corner is an extant 1921 American silent drama film produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a short story, "Superman," by Fannie Hurst and was directed by Frances Marion, a prolific Hollywood scenarist. Sigrid Holmquist came from Sweden. Fred Thomson had married Marion in 1919, and later became a cowboy star. Marion directed one other picture, Mary Pickford's The Love Light (1921). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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