Greatheart (film)

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Greatheart
Directed by George Ridgwell
Written by Sidney Broome
Based on Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell
Starring Cecil Humphreys
Madge Stuart
Olive Sloane
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
June 1921
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Greatheart is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Humphreys, Madge Stuart and Olive Sloane. [1] It was based on the 1918 novel Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell. It was made by Stoll Pictures.

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  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | GREATHEART (1921)". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2011.