A Bunch of Violets (film)

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A Bunch of Violets
Directed by Frank Wilson
Written by Sydney Grundy (play)
Victor Montefiore
Starring Chrissie White
Gerald Lawrence
Violet Hopson
Production
company
Distributed byWard Films
Release date
April 1916
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Bunch of Violets is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Chrissie White, Gerald Lawrence and Violet Hopson. It is an adaptation of Sydney Grundy's 1894 play A Bunch of Violets . [1]

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  1. Gifford p.144

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