The Land of Promise

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Overview

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

Cast: Billie Burke, Thomas Meighan, Helen Tracy, Jack W. Johnston, Mary Alden, more

Director: Joseph Kaufman

Genres: Drama

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The Land of Promise

Overview

Cast

Billie Burke

Thomas Meighan

Helen Tracy

Jack W. Johnston

Mary Alden

Margaret Seddon

Walter McEwen

Grace Studdiford

John Raymond

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