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Blue Jeans

1917 · 84 min

A earnest silent melodrama that builds to a nail-biting sawmill peril, with simple emotions and old-fashioned romantic devotion.

Directed by: John H. Collins
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Viola Dana, Bob Walker, Sally Crute

Overview: June, a young orphan, is befriended by Perry Bascom when he shares his lunch with her on the road to Rising Sun. They soon fall in love and marry, only to find out that a woman in Perry's past has come to town to make trouble. Teaming up with the local political bully, the schemers set out to make Perry's life miserable, but June sticks by her husband to the end.

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Directed by: John H. Collins
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Viola Dana, Bob Walker, Sally Crute

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
justice
survival
loyalty
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: John H. Collins
Written by: Charles A. Taylor, June Mathis, Joseph Arthur
Starring: Viola Dana, Bob Walker, Sally Crute, Clifford Bruce, Henry Hallam, Russell Simpson, Margaret McWade, Augustus Phillips
Runtime: 84 min
Country: United States of America

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