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Under the Lash (1921)

Under the Lash poster
Directed by
Sam Wood
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in South Africa is forced into a harsh marriage with a cruel man. She struggles under his control and finds a chance at love with another man.

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What happens

Under the Lash is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the 1906 play The Shulamite by Claude Askew and Edward Knoblock, and the 1904 novel of the same name by Alice and Claude Askew. The film is lost with no copies of it existing in any archives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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