A Daughter of Dixie (1911)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent film set during the American Civil War. A clock appears in many scenes to show the passage of time. It is a melodrama about characters living through that era.

historicalmelodramatictime-focusedsentimentalold-fashionedstagedsimple

What happens

A Daughter of Dixie is an American silent film produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier in the leading role. It is a story about the American Civil War. The film has two reels. Sherman Bainbridge stars in the film. A Daughter of Dixie is a melodrama. It emphasizes the passage of time through making a clock a focal point of the scenes. As time progresses, the actors gesture to the clock in various shots. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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