Movie
The Upstart
1916 · 50 min
A creaky silent-era social comedy that ambles through marital troubles with light melodrama and gentle moralizing.
- Directed by
- Edwin Carewe
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- George Le Guere, Marguerite Snow, James Lackaye
- Overview
- One day Coventry Petmore leaves his wife and child to go out in the world and fight the social evils of divorce and loveless marriage. Circumstances lead him to the home of Judge Mitchell, where the judge's son, a minister, and his wife Beatrice reside. The minister does not believe in expressing affection to his wife, and Beatrice becomes enamored of her chauffeur Larry Price.
- How it feels
- Light, satirical, earnest and melancholic. Measured and fine in the background.
- About
- Love, family, betrayal, morality
- 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
- Edwin Carewe
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- George Le Guere, Marguerite Snow, James Lackaye
