Black Beauty (1921)

Directed by

David Smith

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A horse named Black Beauty tells his own life story, including the people he meets and the different owners he has. The film follows his experiences from his perspective.

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What happens

Black Beauty is a 1921 American silent film version of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel of the same name. Black Beauty is an autobiography of a horse, who tells the story of his life and of the people surrounding it. This film exists in an incomplete state with four of seven reels preserved at the Library of Congress. A competing/rival independent film of the same story was also released in early 1921 starring Claire Adams and Pat O'Malley. It was produced by Eskay Harris Feature Film Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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