Cornered | |
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Directed by | William Beaudine |
Written by | Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring |
Based on | Cornered (1920 play) by Dodson Mitchell Zelda Sears |
Starring | Marie Prevost |
Cinematography | Ray June |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $94,000 [1] |
Box office | $257,000 [1] |
Cornered is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William Beaudine. [2] [3] The story was filmed again in 1930 as a talkie called Road to Paradise . It was also directed by Beaudine. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $235,000 domestically and $22,000 foreign. [1]
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With no copies of Cornered located in any film archives, [4] it is considered to be a lost film.
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