1915SILENT FEATURE FILMS
MORAL REFORMATION. ROCKLIFFE FELLOWES, ANNA Q. NILSSON.
DIRECTED BY RAOUL WALSH (R.A. WALSH).
THIS IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF AN EXTREMELY EARLY GANGSTER FILM. VERY GRAPHIC AND GRITTY. INTERCITY CRIME AND TENEMENT GANGSTERS AND THUGS.
DIRECTED BY RAOUL WALSH (R.A. WALSH).
THIS IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF AN EXTREMELY EARLY GANGSTER FILM. VERY GRAPHIC AND GRITTY. INTERCITY CRIME AND TENEMENT GANGSTERS AND THUGS.
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YOUNG BOY SITS ALONE IN TENEMENT APARTMENT.
IMMIGRANT SQUALER, POVERTY. TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY. ORPHAN BOY |
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WICKER CASKET SLID INTO HORSE-DRIVEN AMBULANCE.
CORONERS WAGON HEARSE |
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OVERHEAD SHOT LOOKING DOWN ON URBAN COBBLESTONE STREET OF AMBULANCE WAGON DRIVING OFF. CU SAD BOY
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POOR TENEMENT DWELLERS IN THEIR APARTMENT. WOMAN USES WASH BASIN. TENEMENT LIFE CIRCA 1900. CHILD ABUSE. DRUNKEN SLOB
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DRUNKEN FATHER COMES HOME AND PHYSICALLY ABUSES SON. WOMAN COOKS ON WOOD BURNING STOVE. DOMESTIC ARGUMENT. DISTRESSED CHILD LOOKS ON WHILE COUPLE FIGHT AT DINNER TABLE. GREAT SCENES WHICH GRAPHICALLY DEPICT THE FILTH & SQUALER AND POVERTY OF TURN OF THE CENTURY IMMIGRANT URBAN LIVING.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. DRUNKENESS |
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LOWER EAST SIDE STREET SCENE. STREET VENDORS, PUSH CARTS. BUSTLING ACTIVITY. IMMIGRANT LIFE
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DRUNKEN MEN EXIT SWINGING DOORS OF TAVERN.
CHILDREN ON STOOP. BOY FETCHES BUCKET OF BEER FROM TAVERN BAR |
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WOMAN PEELS POTATOES .MEN DRINK FROM BUCKET OF BEER IN TENEMENT. FATHER BEATS SON. CHILD ABUSE. WOMAN PULLS CHANGE PURSE FROM HER BOSOM
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HUNGRY BOY LOOKS AT CAKE IN STOREFRONT BAKERY WINDOW. SLEEPS ON STREET. HOMELESS
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BULLIES HARASS HUNCHBACK BOY. MEN HAVE FIST FIGHT
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GANGSTERS HANG OUT IN TAVERN. MAN WITH PATCH OVER EYE
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WEALTHY ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY DINE. DINNER TABLE.
WAITER SERVES |
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BLACK RAGTIME BAND ENTERTAIN ON STAGE AT BEER HALL TAVREN. VERY AUTHENTIC RAGTIME MUSIC VENUE. BLACK MINSTRELS ENTERTAIN TO ROWDY WHITE AUDIENCE IN BEER GARDEN OR HONKY TONK. RARE SCENE OF EARLY 1900s BEER GARDEN AND HOW ENTERTAINMENT WAS PRESENTED IN THE RAGTIME ERA
AFRICAN AMERICAN RAGTIME MUSICIANS 1914 |
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WEALTHY WELL DRESSED PATRONS DINE IN FANCY RESTAURANT. UPPER CRUST. UPPER CLASS. HIGH CLASS. RICH PEOPLE.
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WEALTHY WELL DRESSED PATRONS DINE IN FANCY RESTAURANT
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EARLY VAUDEVILLE BEER GARDEN-TYPE OUTSIDE THEATRE VARIETY ACTS ON STAGE PERFORM FOR ROWDY AUDIENCE
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WEALTHY PATRONS CLIMB INTO LIMO
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PERFORMER ON STAGE. AUDIENCE SHOWS DISAPPROVAL.
HURLS ROTTEN VEGETABLES AT VAUDEVILLE PERFORMER |
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CU BOY IN CAP EATS ICE CREAM CONE
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BRAWL BREAKS OUT IN BAR TAVERN
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SOAP BOX PREACHER RANTS AT CROWD
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CU FAT, OBESE MAN LAUGHING. SMOKING CIGAR.
POTBELLY. |
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IMMIGRANTS SEATED IN ENGLISH SCHOOL. STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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PASSENGERS BOARD STEAMSHIP FOR OUTING, CRUISE AROUND MANHATTAN
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MEN PLAY DICE ROLL, DICE ON DOCK. GAMBLING. CU BEAUTIFUL WOMAN GESTURES TO COME TO HER. BOARDING OF CRUISE STEAMSHIP AT NEW YORK WATERFRONT DOCK
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SCENES ON BOARD 1910s STEAMSHIP. MESS HALL
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LOOKING DOWN LONG LUNCH TABLE. PEOPLE GRAB AT FOOD. DANCE CLASS ON SHIP. ACTIVITIES ABOARD A DAY CRUISER AROUND MANHATTAN
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GROUP OF PEOPLE DO TURKEY TROT DANCE ABOARD STEAMSHIP. FIRE STARTS ONBOARD SHIP. CONTEMPOARY SIMULATION RECREATION OF THE STEAMSHIP SLOCUM TRAGEDY
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PEOPLE PANIC ONBOARD "SLOCUM". SCENES OF MASS PANIC. PEOPLE RUN, FLEE FROM FIRE. PEOPLE GRAB LIFE PRESERVERS. ABANDON SHIP. BOARD LIFEBOATS JUMP OVERBOARD FANTASTIC RECREATION OF REAL LIFE TRAGEDY. (COULD BE USED FOR TITANIC-LIKE TRAGEDY MINUS THE FIRE & DAYTIME SHOTS)
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PANICKED PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGH SMOKE FROM BELOW DECKS.
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PEOPLE JUMP FROM BURNING SHIP
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MAN PICKS UP 2 CHILDREN WHO ARE COWERING IN CORNER. SAVES CHILDREN
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PEOPLE JAM ONTO OVERCROWDED LIFEBOAT. TIP OVER BOAT. SWAMPING LIFEBOAT.
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DOMESTIC TROUBLE HUSBAND AND WIFE ARGUE
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TOUGH MEN IN ALLEY PLAY DICE
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MAN GIVES WOMAN FLOWERS. ROMANTIC SCENE
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THUGS MURDER POLICE OFFICER ON STREET WITH KNIFE FLEE. CU KNIFE PULLED OUT OF POCKET
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CU WOMAN SMELLS FLOWERS
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CU EYES PEEKING THROUGH SECRET PEEP HOLE
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CU HAND LOCKS DOOR, SLIDES BOLT LOCK ON DOOR
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WOMAN ATTACKED BY VILLAIN IN TENEMENT APARTMENT
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MAN REPORTS CRIME IN POLICE STATION. COPS RUN OUT OF STATION HOUSE TO CRIME SCENE. POLICE CARS RACE TO CRIME SCENE. POLICE RAID OF GANGSTERS HIDEOUT CIRCA 1915. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT. POLICE BATTLE GANGSTERS
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DEATH BED SCENE. BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN DIES
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GANGSTER HIDES ON TENEMENT ROOF
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TWO MEN HAVE FIST AND CHOKING FIGHT IN TENEMENT ROOM . MAN STRANGLING ANOTHER SEES A VISION WHICH PREVENTS HIM FROM KILLING HIS ENEMY
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CRIMINAL SURREYS DOWN TENEMENT STAIR WELL
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MAN ESCAPES FROM TENEMENT BY CLIMBING CLOTHESLINES. MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH. CU GORY FACE OF DEAD MAN
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