Diana and Destiny

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Diana and Destiny
Directed by Floyd Martin Thornton
Produced byFloyd Martin Thornton
Starring Evelyn Boucher
Wyndham Guise
Roy Travers
Frank Petley
Production
company
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
October 1916
Running time
5 reels [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Diana and Destiny is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Floyd Martin Thornton and starring Evelyn Boucher, Wyndham Guise and Roy Travers. It was made at Catford Studios, and based on a 1905 novel by Charles Garvice.

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  1. Low p.284

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