Marriage (1927 film)

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Marriage
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1925 advertisement announcing film
Directed by Roy William Neill
Screenplay by Gertrude Orr
Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier
Based on Marriage
by H. G. Wells
Starring Virginia Valli
Allan Durant
Gladys McConnell
Lawford Davidson
Donald Stuart
Frank Dunn
CinematographyRudolph J. Bergquist
Edited byElizabeth Pickett Chevalier
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 13, 1927 (1927-02-13)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Marriage is a lost [1] 1927 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Gertrude Orr and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1912 novel Marriage by H. G. Wells. The film stars Virginia Valli, Allan Durant, Gladys McConnell, Lawford Davidson, Donald Stuart, and Frank Dunn. The film was released on February 13, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. [2] [3] [4]

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  3. Hal Erickson. "Marriage (1927) - Roy William Neill". AllMovie. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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