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One Increasing Purpose

1927
Directed byHarry Beaumont
1h 20m

Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris returns home with nary a scratch. This convinces him that his life has a "greater purpose" in the scheme of things, so he sets about to find that purpose.

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Edmund LoweSlim ParisLila LeeElizabeth GladeHolmes Herbert
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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