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The Double Event (1921)

The Double Event poster
Directed by
Kenelm Foss
Genre
silent film, sport film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A country clergyman loses a lot of money. His daughter makes it back by working with a bookie.

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What happens

The Double Event is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Mary Odette, Roy Travers and Lionelle Howard. After her father, a country clergyman, loses large sums of money his daughter recoups his losses by becoming the partner of a bookie. The film is based on the play The Double Event, which was adapted into a sound film The Double Event in 1934. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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