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Madame X

1920 · 70 min

A heavy, tear-stained silent melodrama that wrings maximum pathos from a mother's long suffering and a final courtroom revelation.

Directed by
Frank Lloyd
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pauline Frederick, Casson Ferguson, Hardee Kirkland
Tagline
FOR SHEER PATHOS, FOR BLUNT POWER, FOR GENUINE FASCINATION, THIS WONDERFUL STORY OF A MOTHER'S LOVE HAS NEVER HAD AN EQUAL ON STAGE OR SCREEN
Overview
Jacqueline Floriot is driven from her home by her husband Louis, a deputy attorney of Paris, because of his unjust suspicions regarding her relations with another man. Floriot forbids Jacqueline to see her baby boy, who is dangerously ill, and when informed that the boy believes her dead, she attempts suicide.

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Directed by
Frank Lloyd
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pauline Frederick, Casson Ferguson, Hardee Kirkland
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • family
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • justice
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour0
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frank Lloyd
Written by
J. E. Nash, Frank Lloyd
Starring
Pauline Frederick, Casson Ferguson, Hardee Kirkland, William Courtleigh, Maude Louis, Correan Kirkham, Lionel Belmore, John Hohenvest
Cinematography
J. D. Jennings
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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