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Two Stepchildren

1914 · 12 min

A quiet, earnest slice of rural hardship, watching a dreamer chafe against a joyless farm life.

Directed by
Theodore Marston
Genres
Drama
Starring
James Morrison, Charles Eldridge, William Shea
Overview
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez, his uncle, who owns the farm, is a hard, matter-of-fact man, utterly out of sympathy with his nephew's ambitions.

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Directed by
Theodore Marston
Genres
Drama
Starring
James Morrison, Charles Eldridge, William Shea
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • ambition
  • isolation
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Starring
James Morrison, Charles Eldridge, William Shea, Dorothy Kelly, Mrs. Connelly
Runtime
12 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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