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The Great Moment is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sam Wood released in USA on 3 september 1921 with Gloria Swanson

The Great Moment (1921)

The Great Moment
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Released in USA 3 september 1921
Length 1h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating60% 3.008883.008883.008883.008883.00888

The Great Moment is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson, Alec B. Francis and Milton Sills. The film is now considered lost though a fragment still exists and is preserved at the BFI National Archive.

Synopsis

Sir Edward Pelham, who has married a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin, whom she does not love. During a trip to Nevada with her father, she meets engineer Bayard Delavel, who saves her life when she is bitten by a snake; when her father finds her with Bayard in his cabin, he forces them to marry. Believing that Nadine does not love him, Delavel leaves her and prepares to sue for divorce. In Washington, Nadine is reconciled with her father and agrees to marry Hopper, a millionaire; she meets Delavel on the night of her engagement ball, however, and the lovers are reunited.

Actors

Gloria Swanson

(Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham)Milton Sills

(Bayard Delaval)Alec B. Francis

(Sir Edward Pelham)Frank Butler

(Eustace)Julia Faye

(Sadi Bronson)
And :
Helen Dunbar
Clarence Geldart
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