Two Shall Be Born | |
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Directed by | Whitman Bennett |
Story by | Marie Conway Oemler |
Starring | Jane Novak Kenneth Harlan Sigrid Holmquist |
Cinematography | Edward Paul |
Production company | Twin Pictures |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Two Shall Be Born is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Kenneth Harlan, and Sigrid Holmquist. [1] It was written by Marie Conway Oemler who was inspired by the short story "Two Shall Be Born" by Susan Marr Spalding. [2]
A Polish countess on a mission to promote world peace, arrives in New York where she receives assistance from a traffic policeman who helps her thwart attempts to foil her mission.
With no prints of Two Shall Be Born located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.
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