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The Girls and Daddy

1909 · 9 min

A creaky, earnest silent-era curiosity whose theatrical gestures and dated racial gags feel distant and faintly uncomfortable today.

Overview
Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • crime
  • class
  • power
Places
  • home
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
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Written by
D.W. Griffith
Starring
David Miles, Florence Lawrence, Dorothy West, D.W. Griffith, John R. Cumpson, Marion Leonard, Arthur V. Johnson, Mack Sennett
Runtime
9 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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