The Devil's Masterpiece

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The Devil's Masterpiece
Directed by John P. McCarthy
Written byMason Harbringer
Produced bySanford F. Arnold
Starring Virginia Brown Faire
Gordon Brinkley
Fred Kohler
Cinematography H. Lyman Broening
Distributed byGoodwill Distributing
Release date
1927
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Devil's Masterpiece is a 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by John P. McCarthy from a story by Mason Harbringer. [1]

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Release

The film was released in the United Kingdom in October 1926, and in the United States in 1927. [1]

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