The Vicar of Wakefield (1913 film)

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The Vicar of Wakefield
Directed by Frank Wilson
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Distributed byKinematograph Trading Company
Release date
  • September 1913 (1913-09)
Running time
3,275 feet
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Vicar of Wakefield is a 1913 British silent historical drama film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Violet Hopson, Harry Royston and Chrissie White. [1] The film is an adaptation of the 1766 novel The Vicar of Wakefield by the Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith.

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