''Two Shall Be Born'' is a 1924 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

Jane Novak Jane Novak (born Johana Barbara Novak; January 12, 1896 – February 3, 1990) was an American actress of the silent film era. Background Jane Novak was born Johana Barbara Novak in St. Louis, Missouri to Bohemian immigrant Joseph Jerome Novak an ...

Kenneth Harlan Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor of the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer types. Early life Harlan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of George W. Harlan and ac ...

, and

Sigrid Holmquist Sigrid Holmquist (21 February 1899, in Borås – 9 July 1970, in Sydney, Australia), also known as Sie Holmquist or Bie Holmquist, was a Swedish actress during the silent film era. After three films in Sweden, she went to pursue a career in Hol ...

. It was written by Marie Conway Oemler who was inspired by the short story "Two Shall Be Born" by

Susan Marr Spalding Susan Marr Spalding (, Marr; July 4, 1841 – March 12, 1908) was an American poet of the long nineteenth century. Spalding was best known and least known by her poem, "Fate". The poem itself was widely copied and claimed, and its title was somet ...

Synopsis

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on a mission to promote world peace, arrives in

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where she receives assistance from a traffic policeman who helps her thwart attempts to foil her mission.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Two Shall Be Born'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Two Shall Be Born''
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References

Bibliography

* Kris Van Heuckelom. ''Polish Migrants in European Film 1918–2017''. Springer, 2019.

External links

* * 1924 films 1924 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Whitman Bennett American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Vitagraph Studios films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub