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The District Attorney's Conscience

1913 · 30 min

A quiet, earnest silent-era moral drama that builds tension through workplace unrest and a prosecutor's inner conflict.

Overview
Tony Gazeco, one of the workers in the factory, is an anarchist and agitator. Being of excitable nature he is looked upon by the other men as a leader and during the lunch hour makes impassionate speeches. Will and May Mason passing in an auto are witnesses to one of the tirades and going to the office of Fred Jackson, the owner, tell him of the probable strike...

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • justice
  • morality
  • power
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
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
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Arthur V. Johnson
Starring
Arthur V. Johnson, Lottie Briscoe, Howard M. Mitchell, Charles Brandt, Florence Hackett
Runtime
30 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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