Underplayed Gems

Has the World Gone Mad? (1923)

Has the World Gone Mad? poster
Original title
Has the World Gone Mad!
Directed by
J. Searle Dawley
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In this silent drama, a society story unfolds with conflicts among privileged characters. The film examines how personal choices ripple through a community.

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What happens

"Has the World Gone Mad!" is a lost 1923 American silent society drama film produced by Daniel Carson Goodman and distributed through Equity Pictures. Goodman also created the story and wrote the screenplay. It was directed by J. Searle Dawley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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