The Lost Chord (1917 film)

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The Lost Chord
Directed by Wilfred Noy
Written by Reuben Gillmer
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Distributed byClarendon Films
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January 1917
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Lost Chord is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Barbara Conrad, Malcolm Keen and Dorothy Bellew. [1] It was inspired by Arthur Sullivan's 1877 song "The Lost Chord". In 1925 when Noy moved to the United States, he remade the film as his American debut.

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  1. Low p.95

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