Short film

The Doll-House Mystery

1915 · 29 min

A quiet, earnest early silent melodrama that builds gentle suspense around a child's loyalty and a wrongly accused family.

Overview: When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, family, class, betrayal
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
family
class
betrayal
redemption
Places: home
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none