East Lynne (1921)

Directed by

Hugo Ballin

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent adaptation of a Victorian novel. A woman makes a mistake that ruins her family and her life. She suffers the consequences of her actions.

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What happens

East Lynne is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Hugo Ballin and starring Edward Earle, Mabel Ballin and Henry G. Sell. Now considered a lost film, it is one of numerous film versions of Ellen Wood's 1861 Victorian novel East Lynne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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