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The Twelve Pound Look

1920 · 75 min

A quiet, dialogue-light silent drama that unfolds with earnest restraint, observing a marriage's quiet unraveling and one woman's determined bid for independence.

Directed by
Jack Denton
Genres
Drama
Starring
Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter
Overview
A self-made man divorces his wife who becomes a typist and warns him his second wife may leave him too.

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Directed by
Jack Denton
Genres
Drama
Starring
Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • gender
  • class
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jack Denton
Written by
Eliot Stannard
Starring
Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter
Runtime
75 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
No Language

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