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unusual facts about George Fitzmaurice


George Fitzmaurice

Rumors of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson Cyril Chadwick and Edmund Goulding.


Sword of Penitence

The same magazine's review of the film (21 November 1927) points out that it owes much of its plot to American movies, including Kick In (directed by George Fitzmaurice in two versions, 1917 and 1922; Japanese title The Collapse of Civilisation Bunmei no hakai「文明の破壊」) and Les Misérables (1918, directed by Frank Lloyd).


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