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Black Oxen (1923)

By on June 24, 2015
Run time: 80 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Director: Frank Lloyd
Writers: Gertrude Atherton, Frank Lloyd
Stars: Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Tom Ricketts
Storyline
Based on a fantasy/romance novel by the then-popular Gertrude Atherton, and described as “subtle science fiction”, it takes its title from a line by William Butler Yeats: “The years like great Black Oxen tread the world.” A young man falls in love with an Austrian countess who seems to be young, but is actually a great deal older than she appears to be. New restoration!
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