Twilight

A quiet, old-fashioned mountain melodrama of orphaned love and jealousy, watched with patient attention for its earnest feeling.

Directed by

J. Searle Dawley

Genres

Drama

Starring

Doris Kenyon, Frank Mills, Sally Crute

Overview

A baby, found strapped to a donkey in the North Carolina mountains where her father drowned, is called Twilight and raised by the Anwells. At sixteen, Twilight, in love with her foster brother Jim, who runs the family's lumber business, grows jealous when Elise Charmant, vacationing with her father, a brain specialist, monopolizes Jim at the Fireman's Ball.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, family, identity, class

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

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

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