One Can't Always Tell | |
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Directed by | Van Dyke Brooke |
Written by | Marguerite Bertsch |
Starring | Mary Maurice Kate Price Lillian Walker Rosemary Theby Rose Tapley Louise Beaudet |
Distributed by | Vitagraph |
Release date | May 31, 1913 |
Running time | 613 ft [1] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
One Can't Always Tell is a short American silent comedy film.
One Can't Always Tell was released on May 31, 1913, in the United States, where it was presented as a split-reel with If Dreams Came True; or, Who'd Have Thunk It?, another Vitagraph comedy. It reached Ashland, Oregon, in July, 1913, [2] and Ocala, Florida, in August. [3] It was released in England on September 18, 1913, [4] reached Christchurch, New Zealand, a month later, [5] and Dunedin in November. [6]
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