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The Man Who Took a Chance(1917)
Status: Released
Date: 1917-01-19
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A Perfect Bluebird Entertainment!
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Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he hasn't seen in years, and they begin catching up on old times. Monty notices a picture of a young woman that his friend is carrying and, bowled over by her beauty, he instantly falls for her.
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Movie: The Man Who Took a Chance
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Franklyn Farnum
Monty Gray
Agnes Vernon
Constance Lanning
Lloyd Whitlock
Wilbur Mason
Charles Perley
The Duke of Cannister
Arthur Hoyt
James
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Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he hasn't seen in years, and they begin catching up on old times. Monty notices a picture of a young woman that his friend is carrying and, bowled over by her beauty, he instantly falls for her.
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