Lights of London (1923 film)

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Lights of London
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Directed by Charles Calvert
Written by George R. Sims (play)
Louis Stevens
Produced byA.C. Bromhead
Starring Wanda Hawley
Nigel Barrie
Warburton Gamble
James Lindsay
Production
company
British Screencraft
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • September 1923 (1923-09)
Running time
7,386 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lights of London is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Warburton Gamble. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama The Lights o' London by George Sims and was made at the Lime Grove Studios.

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