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The Roof Tree

1921 · 50 min

A quiet, old-fashioned mountain romance with a lurking threat, best watched with patience for its slow silent-era storytelling.

Genres
Drama, Romance
Overview
When Sally McTurk's husband is murdered, her brother Ken Thornton goes into hiding and winds up in a small mountain community, using a phony name. He's taken in by a local family, the Harpers. A mutual attraction soon develops between Thornton and the family's daughter, Dorothy, but a local bully who has designs of his own on Dorothy sets out to have Ken killed.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Love, isolation, betrayal, justice
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    John Francis Dillon
    Starring
    William Russell, Florence Deshon, Sylvia Breamer, William Robert Daly, Arthur Morrison, Al Fremont
    Cinematography
    Sol Polito
    Runtime
    50 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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