Object: Alimony | |
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Directed by | Scott R. Dunlap |
Written by | Sig Herzig (adaptation) Peter Milne |
Story by | Elmer Harris |
Produced by | Jack Cohn |
Starring | Lois Wilson Hugh Allan Ethel Grey Terry Douglas Gilmore Roscoe Karns |
Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
Edited by | Ben Pivar |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Object: Alimony is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Lois Wilson, Hugh Allan, Ethel Grey Terry, Douglas Gilmore, and Roscoe Karns. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on December 22, 1928. [1] [2] [3]
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