Scandal Proof | |
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Directed by | Edmund Mortimer |
Screenplay by | Charles Kenyon |
Starring | Shirley Mason John Roche Freeman Wood Hazel Howell Frances Raymond Ruth King |
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Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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