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Sweet Revenge

1909 · 5 min

A short, muted silent drama that builds quiet tension around jealousy and regret, then resolves in a gentle, moral turn.

Overview
After being jilted for another, a woman sends her lover's old letters to the new fiancée and looks forward to the reaction. But when she spots her old lover's glove left behind, she has a change of heart and repents.

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How it feels

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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
    • revenge
    • love
    • betrayal
    • guilt
    • redemption
    Places
    None
    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
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    D.W. Griffith
    Written by
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    Starring
    Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Jeanie Macpherson, Frank Powell, Robert Harron, Mary Pickford
    Runtime
    5 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
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