The Three Sisters (1930 film)

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The Three Sisters
Directed by Paul Sloane
Written by George S. Brooks (story & screenplay)
Marion Orth (story & screenplay)
Produced by Fox Film Corporation
Starring Louise Dresser
Joyce Compton
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Music byPeter Brunelli
George Lipschultz
Albert Hay Malotte
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 20, 1930 (1930-04-20)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Three Sisters is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and Kenneth MacKenna. It was distributed by Fox Film Corporation five years before they would become Twentieth Century Fox. It is unknown whether a print of the film still exists. [1]

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