Lorna Doone (1912 film)

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Lorna Doone
Directed by Wilfred Noy
Written by R. D. Blackmore (novel)
Starring Dorothy Bellew
Production
company
Clarendon Films
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • December 1912 (1912-12)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Lorna Doone is a 1912 British silent historical film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Dorothy Bellew. The film is an adaptation of the 1869 novel Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore, set in Seventeenth century Devon. [1]

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  1. Klossnner p.225

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