Sweet Lavender (1915 film)

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Sweet Lavender
Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth
Written by Arthur Wing Pinero (play)
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Distributed byHepworth Pictures
Release date
October 1915
Running time
5,000 feet
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Sweet Lavender is a 1915 British silent romance film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Henry Ainley, Chrissie White and Alma Taylor. [1] It is based on the 1888 play Sweet Lavender by Arthur Wing Pinero.

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  1. Palmer p.6

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