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Pillars of Society is a film of genre Drama with Ellen Terry
Pillars of Society (1920)
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Pillars of Society is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Ellen Terry, Norman McKinnel and Mary Rorke. It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen. Location shooting was done in Norway.
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