Sowing the Wind (1916 film)

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Sowing the Wind
Directed by Cecil Hepworth
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Produced byCecil Hepworth
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Distributed byHepworth Pictures
Release date
May 1916
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Sowing the Wind is a 1916 British silent romance film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Henry Ainley, Alma Taylor and Stewart Rome. It is based on the play Sowing the Wind by Sydney Grundy. [1]

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  1. Goble p.197

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