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The Fruitful Vine

Sep 1, 1921

1h 8m

★ 10.0

Overview

An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Stoll Picture Productions

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Cast

Don Cesare Carelli

Basil Rathbone

Dolores Cannynge

Valia

Francis Denzil

Teddy Arundell

Theo Denzil

Peter Dear

Princess Mancelli

Paulette del Baye

Edna Denzil

Mary Dibley

Sir Theodore Cannynge

Robert English

Dr. Mervynn Ides

Fred Raynham

Lady Sarah Ides

Irene Rooke

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