The Grand Babylon Hotel (1916 film)

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The Grand Babylon Hotel
Directed by Frank Wilson
Written by Arnold Bennett
Produced byFrank Wilson
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Production
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Distributed byShaftesbury Films
Release date
  • August 1916 (1916-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Grand Babylon Hotel is a 1916 British silent thriller film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Fred Wright, Marguerite Blanche and Gerald Lawrence. It is an adaptation of the 1902 novel of the same title by Arnold Bennett. [1]

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The daughter of an American millionaire assists a young European prince who faces kidnap.

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  1. Goble p.784

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