Short film
Turned Back
1914 · 16 min
A short, sombre silent melodrama of rivalry and hardship that plays like a grim moral fable.
- Directed by
- John G. Adolfi
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Eugene Pallette
- Overview
- George Cantor and Tom Johnson love the same girl; one wins the girl from the other and the loser leaves swearing revenge on his successful rival. A few years later, the two marry. George is a successful doctor; Tom is an unemployed laborer with a wife, a sick baby, and little food at home.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Revenge, class, betrayal, parenthood
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- John G. Adolfi
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Eugene Pallette
