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Miss Petticoats

1916 · 50 min

A stately, sentimental silent-era melodrama of manners, best watched with patience for its gentle pacing and earnest social-climbing charm.

Directed by
Harley Knoles
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Alice Brady, Arthur Ashley, Isabel Berwin
Overview
Miss Petticoats stops a runaway horse, saves a wealthy woman from death, is rewarded with position as a private secretary. Society shuns her. She goes abroad; then see how she becomes the acknowledged daughter of a French Count and falls heir to a title.

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Directed by
Harley Knoles
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Alice Brady, Arthur Ashley, Isabel Berwin
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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
    • class
    • identity
    • family
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    Harley Knoles
    Written by
    Harley Knoles
    Starring
    Alice Brady, Arthur Ashley, Isabel Berwin, Robert Elliott, Johnny Hines, Lila Chester, Edward Kimball, Alec B. Francis
    Runtime
    50 min
    Country
    United States of America

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