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1918 · 55 min

A creaky silent melodrama that moves from mountains to shipwreck, asking patience but offering old-fashioned peril and rescue.

Overview
Drama about a couple who travel from the Rocky Mountains to Seattle then wind up shipwrecked en route to Queensland. The heroine Irene is kidnapped by a ship captain and winds up wrecked on the Queensland coast.

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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
    • survival
    • love
    Places
    • sea
    • wilderness
    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
    Realism5
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Directed by
    Claude Fleming
    Written by
    Claude Fleming
    Starring
    Renée Adorée, Claude Fleming, John Faulkner, Lorna Ambler, David Eldsten
    Runtime
    55 min
    Languages
    No Language

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