The Adventurer

Title: The Adventurer (Silent film soundtrack)

Composer: Greg Smith

Performer: Greg Smith

Instrumentation: Piano

Product medium: PDF score

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BACKGROUND:

FILM:

    Written by: Vincent Bryan, Charlie Chaplin & Maverick Terrell

    Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell

    Director: Charlie Chaplin

    Year of release: 1917

SAMPLES:

The Adventurer (Charlie Chplin; Score by Greg Smith

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