In Search of a Sinner

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In Search of a Sinner
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Still with Rockliffe Fellowes and Constance Talmadge
Directed by David Kirkland
Screenplay by John Emerson
Anita Loos
Based onIn Search of a Sinner
by Charlotte Thompson
Starring Constance Talmadge
Rockliffe Fellowes
Corliss Giles
William Roselle
Marjorie Milton
Evelyn Carter Carrington
Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
Production
company
Constance Talmadge Film Company
Distributed by First National Exhibitors' Circuit
Release date
  • March 7, 1920 (1920-03-07)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

In Search of a Sinner is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by David Kirkland and written by John Emerson and Anita Loos. The film stars Constance Talmadge, Rockliffe Fellowes, Corliss Giles, William Roselle, Marjorie Milton and Evelyn Carter Carrington. The film was released on March 7, 1920, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit. [1] [2] [3]

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