Movie
The Saleslady
1916 · 50 min
A plaintive silent melodrama where a naive young woman's struggle in the big city feels persistently uneasy.
- Directed by
- Frederick A. Thomson
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Hazel Dawn, Irving Cummings, Clarence Handyside
- Tagline
- Hazel Dawn and Irving Cummings in "THE SALESLADY," a tale of a country girl whom poverty forces to try her fortune in New York City.
- Overview
- Poverty forces Helen Shirley, a country lass, into New York in search of a living. Shy and unsophisticated, Helen falls an easy victim of the notorious band which preys upon young girls and she is easily induced to go to a boarding house which is in reality the headquarters of the gang.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Measured and demanding.
- About
- Survival, isolation, class, crime
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Frederick A. Thomson
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Hazel Dawn, Irving Cummings, Clarence Handyside
