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Pleasure Mad

1923 · 80 min

A stately silent melodrama that unfolds with earnest feeling, asking patience as it lingers on moral choices and romantic longing.

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1923 film by Reginald Barker

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • morality
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Reginald Barker
Written by
A.P. Younger
Starring
Norma Shearer, Huntley Gordon, Mary Alden, William Collier Jr., Winifred Bryson, Ward Crane, Frederick Truesdell, Joan Standing
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America

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