The Awakening of Bess (1909)

Directed by

Harry Solter

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

14 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A short silent film about a woman who experiences a personal transformation. It features two early movie stars, Florence Lawrence and King Baggot.

early cinemamelodramaticslow-pacedsilenthistoricalsimpleromantic

What happens

The Awakening of Bess è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da Harry Solter. I protagonisti del film sono Florence Lawrence (moglie del regista) e King Baggot, un attore teatrale molto conosciuto, qui ai suoi esordi cinematografici. I due, in un periodo in cui i nomi degli attori non comparivano sulle locandine pubblicitarie dei film, furono i primi a ottenere i loro nomi nei crediti, diventando ambedue stelle del cinema muto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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