
Based on the 1913 play The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham about Nora Marsh and her life which ends in a farm.

W. Somerset Maugham, Charles E. Whittaker
United States

Stepping back into the nascent years of cinematic storytelling, we encounter The Land of Promise (1917), a silent film that, despite its century-old vintage, retains a surpris...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Joseph Kaufman

Joseph Kaufman
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