Thank You | |
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Directed by | John Ford |
Written by | Frances Marion |
Based on | Thank You by Winchell Smith and Tom Cushing |
Produced by | John Golden |
Starring | Alec B. Francis Jacqueline Logan |
Cinematography | George Schneiderman |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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