Les cloches de Corneville (film)

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Les cloches de Corneville
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Written by
Starring
  • Elsie Craven
  • Moya Mannering
  • Leslie Stiles
Production
company
Distributed byInternational Exhibitors
Release date
  • October 1917 (1917-10)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Les cloches de Corneville is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Elsie Craven, Moya Mannering and Leslie Stiles. It was based on the 1876 French opera Les cloches de Corneville by Robert Planquette. It was made at Bushey Studios.

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