Forbidden Paths (1917)

Directed by

Robert Thornby

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rated

NR

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 silent drama from 1917. It follows several characters including a woman and a man from Japan as their lives cross. The story is told with the simple, emotional style of early cinema.

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What happens

Forbidden Paths is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Beatrice DeMille, Leighton Osmun and Eve Unsell. The film stars Vivian Martin, Sessue Hayakawa, Tom Forman, Carmen Phillips, James Neill and Ernest Joy. The film was released on July 12, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. A print of Forbidden Paths exits in the Library of Congress film archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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