Open Country (film)

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Open Country
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Written by Maurice Hewlett (novel)
Sinclair Hill
Starring Dorinea Shirley
David Hawthorne
Bertram Burleigh
CinematographyAlfred H. Moise
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
December 1922
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Open Country is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Dorinea Shirley, David Hawthorne and Bertram Burleigh. [1] The film's sets were designed by the head of Stoll Pictures's art department Walter Murton.

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Synopsis

A wealthy man decides to become a wandering artist.

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  1. Low p.423

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