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Jaffery

1916 · 60 min

A quiet, old-fashioned moral drama about friendship and stolen credit, watched with the patience of a silent-era literary tale.

Directed by
George Irving
Genres
Drama
Starring
C. Aubrey Smith, Eleanor Woodruff, Florence Deshon
Overview
Jaffery Chayne is the spectacular one of four chums, the others being Hilary Freeth, a literary man, Adrian Boldero, a short story writer, and Tom Castleton, a playwright. The story opens with Tom Castleton going on a voyage for his health and leaving with his friend, Adrian, the manuscript of the first novel he ever attempted. Shortly after Castleton's trip, he dies at sea and when word is received by Adrian of his friend's death, the temptation to secure the girl he loves by publishing his friend's novel and taking the money and credit from it is so strong that he succumbs and becomes the "literary lion of the hour."

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Directed by
George Irving
Genres
Drama
Starring
C. Aubrey Smith, Eleanor Woodruff, Florence Deshon
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • betrayal
    • guilt
    • ambition
    • love
    Places
    None
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    period
    Audience
    adult
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    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    George Irving
    Starring
    C. Aubrey Smith, Eleanor Woodruff, Florence Deshon, Eric Blind, Paul Doucet, Ben Hendricks Sr., Doris Sawyer, George Irving
    Runtime
    60 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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