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Thelma (1922)

Thelma poster
Directed by
Chester Bennett
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Norwegian woman falls in love with an Englishman and moves to London to live with him. His jealous friends plot to drive them apart.

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What happens

Thelma is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Barbara Tennant and Gordon Mullen. It is based on the 1887 novel of the same title by the British writer Marie Corelli. A Norwegian woman falls in love with an Englishman and moves to London to live with him. However his jealous friends plot to drive them apart. Thelma as a child was played by Jane Novak's four-year-old daughter Virginia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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