A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.
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Mary MacLaren
- Eva Meyer
- (as Miss Mary McLaren)
Mattie Witting
- Mom Meyer
- (as Mrs. A.E. Witting)
Lina Basquette
- Eva's Sister
- (uncredited)
John George
- Department Store Customer
- (uncredited)
Violet Schram
- Eva's Sister
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaLina Basquette recalled clashing with director Lois Weber during the making of this film and noted that her own troubled family life probably contributed to both the discordance on set and to her own lackluster acting. In her 1990 autobiography, she wrote: "I contributed a wooden, awkward, awful performance. I hated Lois Weber. She was female and looked a lot like Mama. No matter how hard she tried, Madam Weber couldn't drag a good scene out of me. "
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Title Card: The kitchen was filled with the Saturday night smell of corned beef and cabbage - mostly cabbage.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Unshod Maiden (1932)
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Eva Mayer earns $5 a week in a five and ten cent store. She is struggling to support her parents and three younger sisters. She grows tired of her lazy father and ungrateful family. She dreams of the high life but she can't even afford to replace her worn out shoes. "She sold herself for a pair of shoes."
There is shock value to the opening text. The premise is poetic and outrageous at the same time. I do wonder if the film is trivializing something but one must admit that people are willing to do the wrong things for relatively small reasons.. The final ending is simply more tragic poetry which does leave this feeling a little bit false. There is an appeal to this story despite its simplified construction. This was added to the National Film Registry in 2014.
There is shock value to the opening text. The premise is poetic and outrageous at the same time. I do wonder if the film is trivializing something but one must admit that people are willing to do the wrong things for relatively small reasons.. The final ending is simply more tragic poetry which does leave this feeling a little bit false. There is an appeal to this story despite its simplified construction. This was added to the National Film Registry in 2014.
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- Nov 3, 2020
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