This Freedom

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This Freedom
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Directed by Denison Clift
Written by Denison Clift
Based onThis Freedom
by A. S. M. Hutchinson
Starring Fay Compton
Clive Brook
John Stuart
Athene Seyler
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Fox Film (US)
Release date
  • 21 March 1923 (1923-03-21)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language Silent (English intertitles)

This Freedom is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Clive Brook, and John Stuart. [1] It was based on the novel This Freedom by A. S. M. Hutchinson.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] a woman, who learned as a child that man's power was too dominating, strikes out in search of independence. She rears a family as a businesswoman, leaving the children to a governess. Her formula backfires and the fallacy of her ideas is the climax.

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Eckels, Eddy (22 December 1923). "Feature Previews: This Freedom". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (4). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved 4 May 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .