The Loves of Robert Burns
1930 · 96 min · ★ 8.0
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Directed by Herbert Wilcox · Written by Reginald Berkeley
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Cast
- J Joseph Hislop Robert Burns
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Eve Gray Mary Campbell - D Dorothy Seacombe Jean Armour
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Nancy Price Posie Nancy -
Jean Cadell Mrs. Burns -
C. V. France Lord Farquhar - N Neil Kenyon Tam the Tinkler
- G George Baker Soldier
- H H. Saxon-Snell Gavin Hamilton
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Craighall Sherry James Armour - W Wilfred Shine Sailor
- H Hubert Leslie
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