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Strangers of the Night (1923)

Strangers of the Night poster
Directed by
Fred Niblo
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a comedic misunderstanding involving a stolen inheritance and a fake pirate. The silent film follows his attempts to sort out the chaos.

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What happens

Strangers of the Night is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. It was produced by Louis B. Mayer and released through Metro Pictures. The film was adapted by C. Gardner Sullivan from the 1921 stage play, Captain Applejack, by Walter Hackett, which on Broadway had starred Wallace Eddinger. It was remade as a talkie by Warner Brothers in 1931 under the Captain Applejack title. The 1923 film is now lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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