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American Beauty is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Wallace released in USA on 9 october 1927 with Billie Dove
American Beauty (1927)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Beauty is a lost 1927 American silent film romantic drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures. This film was directed by Richard Wallace and starred Billie Dove. It was based on a short story American Beauty by Wallace Irwin. She is supported by Walter McGrail and Margaret Livingston.
Actors
Billie Dove
(Millicent Howard)
Lloyd Hughes
(Jerry Booth)
Walter McGrail
(Claverhouse)
Margaret Livingston
(Mrs. Gillespie)
Al St. John
(Waiter)
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