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Telling the World is a french film of genre Drama directed by Sam Wood released in USA on 30 june 1928 with William Haines

Telling the World (1928)

Telling the World
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Released in USA 30 june 1928
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating24% 1.212021.212021.212021.212021.21202

Telling the World is a 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Sam Wood and written by Joseph Farnham and Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars William Haines, Anita Page, Eileen Percy, Frank Currier and Polly Moran. The film was released on June 30, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.



^ "Telling the World (1928) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

^ "Telling the World". AFI. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

Synopsis

This script must be run from the command line

Actors

William Haines

(Don Davis)Anita Page

(Chrystal Malone)Eileen Percy

(Maizie)Frank Currier

(Mr. Davis)Polly Moran

(Landlady)
And :
Bert Roach
William V. Mong
Matthew Betz
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