Love's Old Sweet Song (1917 film)

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Love's Old Sweet Song
Directed by F. Martin Thornton
Written by Reuben Gillmer
Starring Evelyn Boucher
Lionel Belcher
Clifford Pembroke
Production
company
Release date
  • June 1917 (1917-06)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Love's Old Sweet Song is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Evelyn Boucher, Lionel Belcher and Clifford Pembroke. [1] It takes its title from the song of the same name.

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  1. Low p.293

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