The Million

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The Million
Directed by Thomas N. Heffron
Screenplay by Georges Berr
Marcel Guillemaud
Eve Unsell
Produced by Henry W. Savage
Starring Edward Abeles
Robert Stowe Gill
Ruby Hoffman
Edna Mayo
John Daly Murphy
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1914 (1914-12-31)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Million is a 1914 American comedy silent film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Georges Berr, Marcel Guillemaud and Eve Unsell. The film stars Edward Abeles, Robert Stowe Gill, Ruby Hoffman, Edna Mayo and John Daly Murphy. The film was released on December 31, 1914, by Paramount Pictures. [1]

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  1. "The Million". AFI. Retrieved 20 December 2014.