The Lady from Long Acre

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The Lady from Long Acre
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1932 Hodder & Stoughton paperback edition
Author Victor Bridges
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
Publisher Mills & Boon (UK)
Putnam's (US)
Publication date
1918
Media typePrint

The Lady from Long Acre is a 1918 romance novel by the British writer Victor Bridges. [1] It was published in the United States the following year. [2]

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Adaptations

In 1921 it was adapted into an American silent film The Lady from Longacre directed by George Marshall and starring William Russell and Mary Thurman. It was remade as a 1925 film Greater Than a Crown directed by Roy William Neill and starring Edmund Lowe and Dolores Costello. Both versions were produced by Fox Film. [3]

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References

  1. Wlaschin p.252
  2. Reilly p.192
  3. Goble p.55

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