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The Lady

1925 · 96 min

A sweeping silent melodrama that wrings the heart with its tale of loss and maternal devotion, moving at a stately pace.

Overview
A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leaves him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • class
  • survival
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frank Borzage
Written by
Frances Marion
Starring
Brandon Hurst, Norma Talmadge, Wallace MacDonald, Alfred J. Goulding, Doris Lloyd, Johnny Fox, Paulette Duval, Emily Fitzroy
Cinematography
Tony Gaudio
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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