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1927 film by James Flood For the 1939 French film, see Three Hours (1939 film).

Three Hours
Film poster
Directed by	James Flood
Written by	Paul Bern
Based on	"Purple and Fine Linen" by May Edginton
Produced by	E.M. Asher Corinne Griffith
Starring	Corinne Griffith John Bowers Hobart Bosworth
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	March 5, 1927 (1927-03-05)
Running time	1 hour
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Three Hours is a 1927 American silent drama film based on the 1926 story "Purple and Fine Linen" by May Edginton. It was directed by James Flood and stars Corinne Griffith, who also served as executive producer. Filmed in Los Angeles, the story is set in San Francisco. Nine years later, Edginton's story also provided the inspiration for the film Adventure in Manhattan.

Plot

The plot concerns a woman, Madeline Durkin (Griffith), who has lost all her wealth as well as her young daughter. Taking advantage of a stranger's kindness, she is apprehended for theft but asks for three hours leave to see her dying child.

Cast

Corinne Griffith as Madeline Durkin
John Bowers as James Finlay
Hobart Bosworth as Jonathan Durkin
Paul Ellis as Gilbert Wainwright
Anne Schaefer as Governess
Mary Louise Miller as Baby Durkin

Preservation

According to the website silentera.com, a print of Three Hours survives at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.

References

External links

Three Hours at IMDb
Three Hours at the TCM Movie Database
Stills at www.silentfilmstillarchive.com
Silents Are Golden - Corinne Griffith

v t e Films directed by James Flood
Bits of Life (1921) Times Have Changed (1923) When Odds Are Even (1923) The Tenth Woman (1924) The Man Without a Conscience (1925) The Woman Hater (1925) The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925) Satan in Sables (1925) Why Girls Go Back Home (1926) The Honeymoon Express (1926) The Lady in Ermine (1927) Three Hours (1927) The Count of Ten (1928) Domestic Meddlers (1928) Marriage by Contract (1928) Midstream (1929) Whispering Winds (1929) Mister Antonio (1929) The Swellhead (1930) Sisters (1930) The She-Wolf (1931) The Mouthpiece (1932) Life Begins (1932) Under-Cover Man (1932) All of Me (1934) Such Women Are Dangerous (1934) Wings in the Dark (1935) Shanghai (1935) We're Only Human (1935) Everybody's Old Man (1936) Lonely Road (1936) Midnight Madonna (1937) Off the Record (1939) The Big Fix (1947) Stepchild (1947)

Films directed by James Flood

Bits of Life (1921)
Times Have Changed (1923)
When Odds Are Even (1923)
The Tenth Woman (1924)
The Man Without a Conscience (1925)
The Woman Hater (1925)
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)
Satan in Sables (1925)
Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
The Honeymoon Express (1926)
The Lady in Ermine (1927)
Three Hours (1927)
The Count of Ten (1928)
Domestic Meddlers (1928)
Marriage by Contract (1928)
Midstream (1929)
Whispering Winds (1929)
Mister Antonio (1929)
The Swellhead (1930)
Sisters (1930)
The She-Wolf (1931)
The Mouthpiece (1932)
Life Begins (1932)
Under-Cover Man (1932)
All of Me (1934)
Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
Wings in the Dark (1935)
Shanghai (1935)
We're Only Human (1935)
Everybody's Old Man (1936)
Lonely Road (1936)
Midnight Madonna (1937)
Off the Record (1939)
The Big Fix (1947)
Stepchild (1947)

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