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Esmeralda

1915 · 40 min

A gentle, old-fashioned romance where a farm girl's world turns upside down, but true love wins in the end.

Overview
A lost film. Esmeralda, a simple farm girl is in love with country boy David, but her mother yearns for a high society city life. Ore is discovered on their farm and the money rolls in. The family is packed up and moved to the big city where Esmeralda is forced into an engagement with a wealthy Count. Suddenly the ore is depleted and a fresh supply is discovered on David's farm. Much to the delight of Esmeralda, her impending marriage to the Count is off and her mother happily consents to a marriage between Esmeralda and David.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • class
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
James Kirkwood
Written by
Frances Marion, William Gillette
Starring
Mary Pickford, Ida Waterman, Fuller Mellish, Arthur Hoops, William Buckley, Charles Waldron
Runtime
40 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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