The Town That Forgot God

A slow, earnest silent-era melodrama that moves from heartbreak to hope, with a storm and a reunion to stir quiet emotion.

Directed by

Harry F. Millarde

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Warren William, Jane Thomas, Harry Benham

Overview

A village schoolteacher, unaware that Eben, the village carpenter, is in love with her, marries a surveyor and has a son, David. Eben, distraught at losing her, goes away, and he returns years later to find that David, now an orphan, is running away from his cruel foster father, the squire. Eben befriends David, and when the town is destroyed by a storm the two escape harm. An epilog shows David 25 years later as a successful businessman, happily married, helping to rebuild the town.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, family, redemption, grief

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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