Short film
The Quicksands
1914 · 20 min
A silent-era melodrama of jealousy and rivalry, its brevity and missing footage leaving an eerie, incomplete ache.
- Directed by
- George Melford
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Cleo Ridgely, Douglas Gerrard, Paul Hurst
- Overview
- Captain Lanning and Lieutenant Osborne are stationed at an army post in the Philippines. Lanning conceives a deadly hatred toward Osborne when the latter wins Gladys, General Fields' daughter.
- How it feels
- Dark, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, betrayal, love, revenge
- 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
- George Melford
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Cleo Ridgely, Douglas Gerrard, Paul Hurst
