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If Thou Wert Blind (1917)

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Film details

Featuring

Ben Webster Evelyn Boucher Joan Legge
Director

F. Martin Thornton
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1917
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama. Sculptor Haydn Strong completes a statue based on his beloved muse Christine, and finds himself struck blind though too much work. He sends her a letter saying she is free to leave him. Yet having suffered with bad dreams about the horrors of going blind, Christine returns to Haydn, and he finds his sight is restored.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Haydn Strong
    
    Ben Webster
  - Christine Leslie
    
    Evelyn Boucher
  - Mary Barton
    
    Joan Legge
  - Landlady
    
    Minna Grey
  - Mr Barton
    
    Clifford Pembroke
  - Christine's father
    
    Sydney Lewis Ransome
  - Eric Leslie
    
    Harry Lorraine
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    F. Martin Thornton
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Clarendon Film Company
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Kenelm Foss
  - Suggested by the song by
    
    Noel Johnson

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