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Silent Magic: The Films of Charley Bowers and Herbert Brenon

Flicker Alley's The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers gathers and restores what remains of an elusive and very clever film pioneer, and Kino Lorber shares the silently charming magic of Herbert Brenon's Peter Pan.

                                      
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