Movie
The Rack
1915 · 50 min
A solemn silent-era melodrama that unfolds with theatrical earnestness, building quiet tension through marital betrayal and a courtroom twist.
- Directed by
- Émile Chautard
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Alice Brady, Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon
- Overview
- Habitual unfaithful husband, Jack Freeman begins flirting with the Effie McKenzie, and so breaks up her marriage. Blanche Gordon, a friend of Jack's wife Louise, then comes to see Jack several times in order to plead with him to give up extramarital affairs and accept the responsibilities that go with being a husband.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Betrayal, love, guilt, morality
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Émile Chautard
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Alice Brady, Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon
