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The Decoy

1916 · 20 min

A fragmentary silent melodrama that feels like a ghost of a story, its missing reels leaving only outlines of hardship and crime.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Glory Moore, a young girl, finds herself left unprovided for after her father's death, as the farm has to be sold to pay his debts.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Grief, survival, crime, family
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
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
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
George W. Lederer
Written by
Herbert Hall Winslow
Starring
Frances Nelson, Gladden James, Robert Frazer, Lois Wilson, Leonore Harris, Frank Beamish
Runtime
20 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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