The Girl Who Loves a Soldier

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The Girl Who Loves a Soldier
Directed by Alexander Butler
Produced by G.B. Samuelson
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Distributed by Moss Films
Release date
September 1916
Running time
3 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Girl Who Loves a Soldier is a 1916 British silent war film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Vesta Tilley, Sydney Folker and James Lindsay. It was made at Isleworth Studios. [1] During the First World War a nurse disguises herself as a man and carries her wounded fiancé's important military dispatches.

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  1. Harris p.201

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