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Smudge is a american film of genre Comedy-drama directed by Charles Ray with Ora Carew
Smudge (1922)
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Add to a movie listSmudge is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film produced and directed by Charles Ray. It starred Ray and Ora Carew.
The film is preserved at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for film and Theater Research.
Actors
Ora Carew
(Marie Clement)
Charles K. French
(John Stanton)
Florence Oberle
(Mrs. Clement)
J.P. Lockney
(Purdy)
Lloyd Bacon
(McGuire)
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