Black Is White (1920)

Directed by

Charles Giblyn

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman endures abuse from a man over a long period. She plans revenge but forgives him when she finally has the chance.

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What happens

Black Is White is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Dorothy Dalton and directed by Charles Giblyn. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie is based on a novel, Black is White, by George Barr McCutcheon. The film's spelling differs from the spelling of the novel. The plot is one in which a woman stands almost any form of abuse from a man and finally forgives him at the moment she has opportunity for the revenge she has always sought, such stories being somewhat popular at the time. Prints of the film exist at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film and Television Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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