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The Prodigal Wife

1918 · 60 min

A solemn, slow-moving silent melodrama of regret and quiet sacrifice, heavy with moral consequence and gentle sorrow.

Overview
Marion Farnham, the wife of a struggling young physician, tires of her husband's neglect and elopes with Thomas Byrne. Thomas promises to retrieve Marion's little daughter Marna from Frederick, but, finding the house empty, he reports that the child has died. Frederick, however, has merely taken Marna to the country to begin a new life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • family
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • parenthood
Places
  • home
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frank Reicher
Starring
Mary Boland, Lucy Cotton, Raymond Bloomer, Alfred Kappeler, Harris Gordon, Vincent Coleman, Mrs. Stuart Robson
Runtime
60 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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