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The Glad Eye is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Maurice Elvey with Estelle Brody
The Glad Eye (1927)
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Add to a movie listThe Glad Eye is a 1927 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody, Mabel Poulton and Jeanne de Casalis. It was a remake of The Glad Eye, a 1920 film based on the play Le Zebre by Paul Armont. It was made at Twickenham Studios.
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