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Poor Girls

1927 · 58 min

A quiet, earnest silent melodrama of shame and forgiveness, carried by faces and gestures rather than words.

Directed by
William James Craft
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dorothy Revier, Edmund Burns, Ruth Stonehouse
Overview
A young girl, Peggy Warren (Dorothy Revier), raised in expensive boarding schools, discovers that her mother, respectable Katherine Warren (Ruth Stonehouse) also leads a second life as the notorious Texas Kate, Queen of the New York nightclubs. She leaves home ashamed of how her mother paid for her expensive schooling. A reconciliation re-unites mother and daughter after the mother saves her from a loveless marriage.

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Directed by
William James Craft
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dorothy Revier, Edmund Burns, Ruth Stonehouse
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • identity
    • class
    • love
    • redemption
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    William James Craft
    Starring
    Dorothy Revier, Edmund Burns, Ruth Stonehouse, Lloyd Whitlock, Marjorie Bonner
    Cinematography
    Norbert Brodine
    Runtime
    58 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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