| 词条 | Civilization's Child |
| 释义 |
| name = Civilization's Child | director = Charles Giblyn | producer = Thomas H. Ince | writer = C. Gardner Sullivan (titles) | starring = William H. Thompson Anna Lehr Jack Standing | cinematography = Charles E. Kaufman | released = {{film date|1916}} | country = United States | language = Silent with English intertitles }} Cast
The filmCivilization's Child is a silent film from 1916 directed by Charles Giblyn under the supervision of Thomas H. Ince. Like other films produced by Kay-Bee Pictures the film was praised at the time for its artistic title cards, created by Irvin Willat. A reviewer in Moving Picture World mentioned one title card where "the efforts of a ward politician to get an unprotected girl into his clutches was symbolized by a realistic picture of a spider endeavoring to entice an unsuspecting little fly into the meshes of his web".[1]No copies of the film are known to survive.[2] PlotAfter an idyllic childhood in the mountains of Russia, Berna accompanies her uncle to Kiev, to the Jewish part of the city. Many Jewish residents of Kiev are killed by the Cossacks and Berna flees, taking ship for the United States. In New York, she is exploited by a local boss, Jim McManus, who seduces her and puts her out onto the street as a prostitute. Some time later, Berna marries Nicolai Turgenev, a young musician, and has a baby by him. But Ellen, McManus's daughter, falls in love with Nicolai and succeeds in drawing him away from his family. Meanwhile, McManus has become a judge; he ratifies their separation and grants Nikolai a divorce so that he can marry McManus's daughter and adopt Nikolai's and Berna's child. Driven mad by desperation, Berna goes to the judge, accuses him of being the cause of her ruin, and kills him. ProductionThe film was produced by Kay-Bee Pictures and by the New York Motion Picture Co. DistributionThe film was distributed by Triangle Distributing, and opened in cinemas on April 23, 1916. See also
References1. ^[https://archive.org/stream/movingpicturewor30newy#page/1968/mode/2up "Page for Civilization's Child at the American Silent Feature Film Database"]. 2. ^""Artistic Subtitles". The Moving Picture World, 30 December 1916, p.1966". External links
8 : 1916 films|1910s drama films|American drama films|American films|American silent feature films|American black-and-white films|Films directed by Charles Giblyn|Lost American films |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。