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Ten Modern Commandments is a american film of genre Comedy-drama directed by Otto Brower released in USA on 27 july 1927 with Esther Ralston
Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 july 1927
Length 1h10
OriginUSA
Ten Modern Commandments was a 1927 American silent romantic comedy-drama film that starred Esther Ralston and was distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on an original screen story and was directed by Dorothy Arzner. The film is now considered lost film.
Actors
Esther Ralston
(Kitten O'Day)
Neil Hamilton
(Tod Gilbert)
Romaine Fielding
(Zeno)
El Brendel
('Speeding' Shapiro)
Arthur Hoyt
(George Disbrow)
Roscoe Karns
(Benny Burnaway)
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