The Skin Game (1921)

Directed by

B. E. Doxat-Pratt

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

U

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two families clash over a piece of land. One is wealthy old money and the other is a brash newcomer. The fight gets personal and exposes the ugliness in both sides.

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What happens

The Skin Game (Dutch: Hard tegen hard) is a 1921 British-Dutch silent drama film adapted from the 1920 play by John Galsworthy and directed by B. E. Doxat-Pratt. Edmund Gwenn and Helen Haye later reprised their respective roles as Mr. Hornblower and Mrs. Hillcrist in the 1931 sound version directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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