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It Happened to Adele

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Adele has grown up in a tenement, but she longs for greater things. She gets her chance at the stage when her mother runs into an old friend, Blanche. Blanche has been working steadily in the theater, and she helps Adele get work. The…

DirectorVan Dyke Brooke
WriterAgnes Christine Johnston

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Cast · Directed by Van Dyke Brooke

GLGladys Leslie
Gladys Leslie
Adele
CHCarey L. Hastings
Carey L. Hastings
Adele's Mother
PB
Peggy Burke
Blanche
CE
Charles Emerson
Vincent Harvey
CSClarine Seymour
Clarine Seymour
Mary
WAWayne Arey
Wayne Arey
John W. Horton
JBJustus D. Barnes
Justus D. Barnes
Vincent's Uncle

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It Happened to Adele hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around August 23, 1917. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.