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Confessions is a 1925 British silent comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Ian Hunter, Joan Lockton and Eric Bransby Williams. It was based on the novel Confession Corner by Baillie Reynolds.
Moth and Rust is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Sybil Thorndike, Malvina Longfellow and Langhorn Burton.
The Grip of Iron is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Foley, Malvina Longfellow and James Lindsay. It was based on a play of the same title by Arthur Shirley, which was in turn based on a novel by Adolphe Belot. A Parisian lawyer's clerk robs and strangles a series of victims in order to fund his daughter's extravagant lifestyle.
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Calvary is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Malvina Longfellow, Henry Victor and Charles Vane.
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- ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | ADAM BEDE (1918)". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
