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Argentine Love (1924)

Argentine Love poster
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genre
silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Argentine woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her guardians, but she already has a boyfriend. Her intended husband is violent and kills a rival who flirts with her.

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What happens

Argentine Love is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Allan Dwan and based on a short story by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez that stars Bebe Daniels. In the film, the legal guardians of an Argentine woman arrange her marriage to a man of their choice, but are unaware that she already has a boyfriend. Her betrothed is determined to kill any rival suitors, and murders a senator's son for merely flirting with his fiancee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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