The Defeat of the City (1917)

Directed by

Thomas R. Mills

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

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

This silent film is based on a story by O. Henry about an event in a city. A man from the country tries to win over a woman from the city.

nostalgicunhurriedunderstatedlighthearteddramatichistoricalurban

What happens

The Defeat of the City è un film muto del 1917 diretto da Thomas R. Mills. La sceneggiatura si basa su The Defeat of the City, un racconto di O. Henry pubblicato in Voice of the City (Garden City, 1908). Fu il primo di una serie di lungometraggi basati sulle storie di O. Henry prodotte dalla Broadway Star Features Co. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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