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A Little Volunteer

1916 · 20 min

A gentle, quiet early silent drama that plays like a simple moral tale, easy to sit through but faint and distant to modern eyes.

Overview
Wealthy widower Richard Sinclaire's 12-year-old daughter Joyce has everything she desires except the companionship of other young people.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • class
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lawrence C. Windom
Starring
Joyce Fair, Hugh Thompson, Edmund Cobb, Betty Fair, Marian Skinner
Runtime
20 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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