Blackbirds (1915)

Directed by

J. P. McGowan

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

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 stage actress stars in her second film, based on a Broadway play. The story follows a woman dealing with personal struggles in an early silent-film drama.

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What happens

Blackbirds is an extant 1915 American silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film marks an early starring screen appearance by actress Laura Hope Crews in this her second motion picture. The film is based on a 1913 Broadway play, Blackbirds, by Harry James Smith which also starred Crews. This is a surviving film at the Library of Congress. It was remade in a 1920 film of the same name starring Justine Johnstone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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