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The Furnace (1920)

The Furnace poster
Directed by
William Desmond Taylor
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent drama follows a woman caught in a difficult marriage. She faces a choice between her duty and her own desires.

silentdramaticslow-pacedmelodramaticsomberhistorical

What happens

The Furnace is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor, written by Julia Crawford Ivers based upon the 1920 novel of the same name by Leslie Beresford. It was distributed by Realart Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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