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Mother and Son

1931 · 60 min

A sober, old-fashioned melodrama of family loyalty and hard times, played straight and earnest with a quiet sense of shame and sacrifice.

Directed by
John P. McCarthy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Clara Kimball Young, Bruce Kimball Warren, John Elliott
Overview
A woman loses all her money in the 1929 stock market crash, and in order to support her family, goes back to her previous occupation--owner of a gambling house--which her son is dead set against.

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Directed by
John P. McCarthy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Clara Kimball Young, Bruce Kimball Warren, John Elliott
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • greed
  • morality
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
John P. McCarthy
Starring
Clara Kimball Young, Bruce Kimball Warren, John Elliott, Mildred Golden, Gordon De Main, Ernest Hilliard, Si Jenks, Thomas A. Curran
Cinematography
Archie Stout
Runtime
60 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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