Short film
Building for Democracy
1918 · 16 min
A brief, earnest wartime public-service vignette that plays like a gentle lecture dressed up as a domestic squabble.
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- King Baggot, Emily Stevens, Christine Mayo
- Overview
- A husband and wife are arguing about how to spend their money, when 'Democracy' appears and convinces them to invest in Liberty Bonds.
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm and satirical. Measured and fine in the background.
- About
- Politics, family, war, class
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- King Baggot, Emily Stevens, Christine Mayo


