A man cannot find work. Even as his wife goes in search of a job, he begins to steal.
Lionel Barrymore is well remembered as an actor in talkies. His movie career included directing several dramas, including the first sound version of MADAM X and, improbably, the Laurel & Hardy movie, ROGUE SONG. His directing career had begun years earlier, and this movie for Biograph was his first, a year after he began appearing in the movies. This being Biograph, it is difficult to say what he brought to the technical side of things: perhaps nothing, However, it is shot with the lead actor in medium close-up and the audience is supposed to imagine him thinking about his descent into crime and the consequences thereof. It works, too.
If you wish to see this movie, a good copy is available on the Eye Institute site on YouTube.
Lionel Barrymore is well remembered as an actor in talkies. His movie career included directing several dramas, including the first sound version of MADAM X and, improbably, the Laurel & Hardy movie, ROGUE SONG. His directing career had begun years earlier, and this movie for Biograph was his first, a year after he began appearing in the movies. This being Biograph, it is difficult to say what he brought to the technical side of things: perhaps nothing, However, it is shot with the lead actor in medium close-up and the audience is supposed to imagine him thinking about his descent into crime and the consequences thereof. It works, too.
If you wish to see this movie, a good copy is available on the Eye Institute site on YouTube.
