The Fair Maid of Perth (film)

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The Fair Maid of Perth
Directed by Edwin Greenwood
Written by Walter Scott (novel)
Eliot Stannard
Produced by Jack Buchanan
Starring Russell Thorndike
Sylvia Caine
Lionel d'Aragon
Wallace Bosco
Production
company
Distributed byAnglia Films
Release dates
  • 1923 (1923)
  • October 1925 (1925-10)(General release)
Running time
6 reels [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Fair Maid of Perth is a 1923 British silent adventure film directed by Edwin Greenwood and starring Russell Thorndike, Sylvia Caine and Lionel d'Aragon. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios, and based on the 1828 novel The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott. [2]

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  1. Low p.362
  2. Low p.174

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