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Classmates

1914 · 40 min

A quiet, earnest silent melodrama of young love and class resentment, played with broad gestures and a slow, sincere heart.

Directed by
James Kirkwood
Genres
Drama
Starring
Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Marshall Neilan
Overview
Bert Stafford, who is in love with Sylvia Randolph, his mother's ward, despises Duncan Irving, a poor boy who is the object of Sylvia's affections.

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Directed by
James Kirkwood
Genres
Drama
Starring
Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Marshall Neilan
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • class
  • betrayal
  • family
Places
  • small town
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
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
James Kirkwood
Written by
Margaret Turnbull, William C. deMille
Starring
Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Marshall Neilan, Gertrude Robinson, Augusta Anderson, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Jefferson, Frank Hall Crane
Runtime
40 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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