The Fortune of Christina McNab

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The Fortune of Christina McNab
Directed by W. P. Kellino
Written by Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (novel)
Paul Rooff
Starring Nora Swinburne
David Hawthorne
Francis Lister
Sara Sample
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • April 1921 (1921-04)
Running time
6,200 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Fortune of Christina McNab is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Nora Swinburne, David Hawthorne and Francis Lister. It was made at Lime Grove Studios, based on a 1901 novel by Sarah Broom Macnaughtan. It was one in a series of get-rich-quick comedies made by Kellino, of which this is amongst the best known. [2]

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  1. Low p.367
  2. Low p.128

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