Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

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Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Directed by Alan Crosland
Written by Albert Stearns
Charles Sumner Williams
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Distributed byK-E-S-E Service
Release date
July 14, 1917
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Chris and His Wonderful Lamp is a 1917 American silent fantasy film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Joseph Burke, Claire Adams and William Wadsworth. [1]

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  1. Lanzoni p.14

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