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Floodgates

  • 1924
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Floodgates (1924)
Drama

Millowner Lem Bassett uses his foreman, Dave Trask, whose power among the people in the neighborhood is great, to obtain their land so that he can build a bigger dam for water power, floodin... Read allMillowner Lem Bassett uses his foreman, Dave Trask, whose power among the people in the neighborhood is great, to obtain their land so that he can build a bigger dam for water power, flooding the lands above it. One of these people finds that Bassett has tricked him, and he deman... Read allMillowner Lem Bassett uses his foreman, Dave Trask, whose power among the people in the neighborhood is great, to obtain their land so that he can build a bigger dam for water power, flooding the lands above it. One of these people finds that Bassett has tricked him, and he demands recompense. When it is refused, Dave leads a group of men to dynamite the dam. In the p... Read all

  • Director
    • George Irving
  • Writer
    • Lillian Case Russell
  • Stars
    • John Lowell
    • Evangeline Russell
    • Jane Thomas
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    • Director
      • George Irving
    • Writer
      • Lillian Case Russell
    • Stars
      • John Lowell
      • Evangeline Russell
      • Jane Thomas
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    John Lowell
    • Dave Trask
    Evangeline Russell
    Evangeline Russell
    • Ruth Trask
    Jane Thomas
    • Alice Trask
    Baby Ivy Ward
    • Peggy Trask
    William Calhoun
    • Lem Bassett
    F. Serrano Keating
    • Tom Bassett
    William Cavanaugh
    • Morton
    • (as William Kavanaugh)
    Frank Montgomery
    Frank Montgomery
    • Jeff
    J.N. Bradt
    • Sliver
    Homer Lind
    • Dr. Vedos
    Arthur Ludwig
    • Regan
    Hap Hadley
    • Ladus
    • Director
      • George Irving
    • Writer
      • Lillian Case Russell
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    • Release date
      • February 29, 1924 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sob o Ímpeto das Águas
    • Production company
      • Lowell Film Productions
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    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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