Paris at Midnight
NR 1926 · 70 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama
In a Paris boarding house, a mysterious stranger seems to somehow solve the problems and conflicts of the residents, all the while hiding a secret of his own.
Directed by E. Mason Hopper · Written by Frances Marion
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Lionel Barrymore Vautrin -
Jetta Goudal Delphine -
Mary Brian Victorine Tallefer -
Edmund Burns Eugène de Rastagnic -
Émile Chautard Père Goriot -
Mathilde Comont Madame Vauquer
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