The Green Orchard

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The Green Orchard
Directed by Harold Weston
Written by
Produced by Walter West
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company
Distributed byBroadwest
Release date
  • June 1916 (1916-06)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Green Orchard is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Harold Weston and starring Gregory Scott, Dora Barton and Ernie Collins. [1] It is based on a novel by Andrew Soutar.

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