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Buttons

1927 · 70 min

A creaky silent melodrama that mixes shipboard mischief with genuine peril, earnest performances carrying you through the sinking.

Tagline: A sinking ship, a romance adrift- and The Kid himself to the rescue!
Overview: Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking...
How it feels: Tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, survival, isolation, found family
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
survival
isolation
found family
class
Places: sea
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild