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The Plaything of Broadway

1921 · 50 min

A quiet, earnest silent melodrama that contrasts glittering nightlife with gritty poverty, asking you to care about a woman's moral awakening.

Directed by
John Francis Dillon
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Justine Johnstone, Crauford Kent, Macey Harlam
Tagline
She was young, beautiful and not very wise. Men had given her everything except a chance to be true to herself.
Overview
A beautiful young girl, Lola, is a dancer at a private club for wealthy men in New York City. Some of the club members make a bet that Lola can't seduce a young doctor, Jennings. Her attempt fails, and in order to find out why she follows him around and discovers that he runs a clinic on the city's poor Lower East Side. She begins to see the young doctor in a new light, and sets out to help him build the emergency hospital he's always wanted.

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Directed by
John Francis Dillon
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Justine Johnstone, Crauford Kent, Macey Harlam
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • redemption
  • love
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
John Francis Dillon
Starring
Justine Johnstone, Crauford Kent, Macey Harlam, Edwards Davis, Garry McGarry, Claude Cooper, George Cowl, lucy parker
Cinematography
Gilbert Warrenton
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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