The Children of Gibeon

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The Children of Gibeon
Directed by Sidney Morgan
Written by Walter Besant (novel)
Irene Miller
Produced byFrank E. Spring
Starring Joan Morgan
Langhorn Burton
Eileen Magrath
Sydney Fairbrother
Production
company
Progress Films
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • November 1920 (1920-11) [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Children of Gibeon is a 1920 British silent drama film based on a novel by Sir Walter Besant, directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Langhorn Burton and Eileen Magrath. An aristocrat adopts a criminal's daughter and brings her up with her own daughter. She never reveals to them which way round they were.

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