Drama1911-1920Lois WeberSilentUSA

Lois Weber – Shoes (1916)

Quote:
Eva Meyer is poor shop girl working at a five-and-dime. She is the sole wage earner for three younger sisters, a mother who struggles to hold everything together, and a father who prefers beer and penny dreadfuls to work. Each week, Eva returns to her cold-water flat and dutifully hands over her meager earnings to her mother. But her wages barely cover the grocer’s bill and cannot provide for decent clothing. With only cardboard to patch the holes in the soles of her shoes, Eva’s life becomes harder with each rainy day and every splinter. In constant pain and with no solution in sight, the disheartened girl considers the uninvited advances of Charlie, a cad with clearly dishonorable intentions.
So begins Lois Weber’s SHOES, perhaps her finest masterpiece and one of the great feminist films in the history of cinema.

1.33GB | 52mn 19s | 772×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/CAFB5B2BC140021/Shoes_-_Lois_Weber_(1916).mkv

Language(s):English titles
Subtitles:None

3 Comments

  1. Probably the earliest example of SOCIAL REALISM on celluloid. Although, I suspect, there were earlier productions that didnt survive Celluloid deterioration. Would love to see this work.

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