Behind the Times (1911)

Directed by

Thomas H. Ince

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old priest is asked to retire but a young priest struggles to take over his duties. The film shows the tension between them as one insists on staying and the other cannot handle the job.

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What happens

Behind the Times is a 1911 short film by Thomas H. Ince with Owen Moore, Ethel Grandin, and Lucille Young. According to a contemporary newspaper, the story is about the conflict between an old priest who is asked to retire and a young priest who can't do the job properly. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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