Mad Hour

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Mad Hour
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Directed by Joseph Boyle
Written by
Based onThe Man and the Moment
by Elinor Glyn
Produced by Robert Kane
Starring
Edited by Terry O. Morse
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • March 4, 1928 (1928-03-04)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Mad Hour is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Boyle and starring Sally O'Neil, Alice White, and Donald Reed. [1] It was adapted from a 1914 novel by Elinor Glyn. [2] [3]

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With no prints of Mad Hour located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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