Hold Your Breath (1924 film)

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Hold Your Breath
Directed by Scott Sidney
Written by Frank Roland Conklin
Produced by Al Christie
Starring Dorothy Devore
Walter Hiers
Tully Marshall
Cinematography Gus Peterson
Alex Phillips
Production
company
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • May 25, 1924 (1924-05-25)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Article on the film in Science and Invention (1924). Hold your Breath Gives Thrills.jpg
Article on the film in Science and Invention (1924).

Hold Your Breath is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Dorothy Devore, Walter Hiers, and Tully Marshall. [1] [2]

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Copies of Hold Your Breath are maintained in the collections of the Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection, and other film archives. [3]

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