The Man Who Was Afraid (1917)
- Directed by
- Fred E. Wright
- Genre
- 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.
How it feels
A man struggles with fear during a time of conflict between the United States and Mexico. The story follows his personal journey against a backdrop of national tension.
old-fashionedquietunderstatedtenseseriousstraightforwarddatedsimple
What happens
The Man Who Was Afraid รจ un film muto del 1917 diretto da Fred E. Wright e prodotto dalla Essanay di Chicago. La sceneggiatura di H. Tipton Steck si basa su un racconto di Mary Brecht Pulver apparso su The Saturday Evening Post di cui non si conosce la data certa di pubblicazione, ambientato in un periodo di guerra e tensioni tra Stati Uniti e Messico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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