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The Hands of Nara(1922)
Status: Released
Date: 1922-08-26
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Time: 1h 0m
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Nara, the daughter of a wealthy Russian killed by the Bolsheviki, flees to America and meets Adam Pine, a sculptor, who marvels at the beauty of her hands. Through him she meets Mrs. Vanessa Yates, a patroness of the arts, and Dr. Emlen Claveloux, who is completely absorbed in science. Connor Lee, a fake spiritualist, persuades her that she has a God-given power to cure ill people, and profits financially by her success in this work. This brings her into conflict with the physician, whom she loves, but her faith in the power of will and her beauty of character finally teach him that faith is at least an important adjunct to medicine.
Languages: No Language.
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United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Samuel Zierler Photoplay Corporation
Movie: The Hands of Nara
Top 10 Billed Cast
Clara Kimball Young
Nara Alexieff
Elliott Dexter
Emlen Claveloux
Edwin Stevens
Connor Lee
Vernon Steele
Adam Pine
John Miltern
Dr. Haith Clavelous
Margaret Loomis
Emma Gammell
Martha Mattox
Mrs. Miller
Myrtle Stedman
Vanessa Yates
Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Claveloux
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Nara, the daughter of a wealthy Russian killed by the Bolsheviki, flees to America and meets Adam Pine, a sculptor, who marvels at the beauty of her hands. Through him she meets Mrs. Vanessa Yates, a patroness of the arts, and Dr. Emlen Claveloux, who is completely absorbed in science. Connor Lee, a fake spiritualist, persuades her that she has a God-given power to cure ill people, and profits financially by her success in this work. This brings her into conflict with the physician, whom she loves, but her faith in the power of will and her beauty of character finally teach him that faith is at least an important adjunct to medicine.
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1922-08-26
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