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The Only Son

1914 · 50 min

A stately silent melodrama that moves slowly through a family's fracture and repair, earnest and sentimental, with the distant hush of a lost film.

Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, Oscar Apfel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jane Darwell, Thomas W. Ross, Jim Blackwell
Overview
Thomas Brainerd, Sr., as a prospector, is a dutiful and loving husband and father, but when he strikes gold he becomes obsessed with business and all his relationships suffer. Due to his inattention his wife nearly strays and his son bitter at his father lack of understanding becomes estranged. All end happily though.

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Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, Oscar Apfel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jane Darwell, Thomas W. Ross, Jim Blackwell
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • obsession
  • greed
  • parenthood
  • redemption
Places
  • home
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, Oscar Apfel, Thomas N. Heffron, William C. deMille
Written by
Winchell Smith
Starring
Jane Darwell, Thomas W. Ross, Jim Blackwell, A. MacMillan, Merta Carpenter, Arthur Collins, J.P. Wild, Fred Starr
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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