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After His Own Heart

1919 · 50 min

A light, brisk silent comedy-drama with whimsical medical fantasy and romantic stakes, easy to watch and mildly amusing.

Genres
Comedy, Drama
Overview
Socialite Thomas Wentworth Duncan reunites with his former lover, Sally Reeves, after a trustee absconds with his fortune. Realizing he cannot afford to support Sally in the manner to which she is accustomed, Duncan impulsively accepts an offer of $250,000, then discovers that he has sold his heart to Dr. Spleen, a surgeon who plans to exchange the organ with that of Sally's uncle, Judah P. Corpus, believing it will restore the old man's youth
How it feels
Whimsical, light, satirical and romantic. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Love, class, greed, identity
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Harry L. Franklin
Written by
Albert S. Le Vino
Starring
Hale Hamilton, Naomi Childers, Mrs. Louis, Frank Hayes, Harry Carter, William V. Mong, Herbert Prior, Tiny Sandford
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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