Into Her Kingdom | |
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Directed by | Svend Gade |
Written by | Ruth Comfort Mitchell (story) Carey Wilson William M. Conselman |
Produced by | Corinne Griffith |
Starring | Corinne Griffith Einar Hanson Claude Gillingwater Charles Crockett Evelyn Selbie |
Cinematography | Harold Wenstrom |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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