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His Wife

1915 · 50 min

A stately, earnest silent melodrama of rivalry and longing, watched with quiet patience as old-fashioned passions unfold.

Directed by
George Foster Platt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Geraldine O'Brien, Holmes Herbert, Lorraine Huling
Overview
Henry Dennys, a wealthy Englishman, has two sons who are frequently brought into the company of Edith Danvers, whose father, a retired general, lives on the adjoining property. As the youths approach manhood each one unknown to the other is secretly in love with the girl.

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Directed by
George Foster Platt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Geraldine O'Brien, Holmes Herbert, Lorraine Huling
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
George Foster Platt
Starring
Geraldine O'Brien, Holmes Herbert, Lorraine Huling, Inda Palmer, Theodore von Eltz
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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