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Shoes

1916 · 50 min

A quiet, aching plunge into poverty, where a pair of shoes carries the weight of a whole life.

Directed by: Lois Weber
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting

Overview: A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.

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Directed by: Lois Weber
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
politics
family
survival
guilt
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Lois Weber
Written by: Lois Weber
Starring: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting, Jessie Arnold, William V. Mong, Lina Basquette, John George, Violet Schram
Cinematography: Stephen S. Norton, Allen G. Siegler
Runtime: 50 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: No Language

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