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The Twelve Pound Look is a British film of genre Drama with Milton Rosmer

The Twelve Pound Look (1920)

The Twelve Pound Look
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Genres Drama
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The Twelve Pound Look is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Jack Denton and starring Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter and Ann Elliott. A woman marries a cold, wealthy businessmen in order to be able to financially support her younger brothers and sisters. She later saves up enough money to buy a typewriter and leaves her husband to work independently as a writer.

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Milton Rosmer

(Harry Sims)
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