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His Sweetheart

1917 · 50 min

A gentle, sentimental silent-era slice of immigrant life, warm and earnest, with simple emotional stakes and a touch of melodrama.

Directed by
Donald Crisp
Genres
Drama
Overview
Joe, a good natured Italian, runs a basement ice, coal, and wood establishment in the cheap Italian "East Side." Trina, daughter of old Capino, a cobbler, lives next door. She is fond of Joe and is relieved when she learns that Joe's "sweetheart," who arrives from Italy, is none other than his little old "Mama Mia," his mother.

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Directed by
Donald Crisp
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • immigration
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Donald Crisp
Written by
George Beban, Lawrence McCloskey
Starring
George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Sarah Kernan, Harry De Vere, Cecil Holland, Kathleen Kirkham, Peaches Jackson, J.N. Leonard
Cinematography
J.O. Taylor
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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