The Blue Pearl (1920 film)

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The Blue Pearl
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Directed by George Irving
Written by Emma Bell Clifton
Based onThe Blue Pearl by Anne Crawford Flexner
Starring Edith Hallor
Lumsden Hare
Earl Schenck
Cinematography Max Schneider
Production
company
L. Lawrence Weber Photo Dramas
Distributed byRepublic Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • March 1920 (1920-03)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Blue Pearl is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by George Irving and starring Edith Hallor, Lumsden Hare and Earl Schenck. [1] It is based on the 1918 play of the same title by Anne Crawford Flexner.

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  1. Wlaschin p.34

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