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A String of Pearls

  • 19121912
  • 17m
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A poor young man is seriously ill, but his rich employer won't help him. Instead he spends a fortune on a pearl necklace for his wife. The poor man recovers with the help of his kindly neigh... Read allA poor young man is seriously ill, but his rich employer won't help him. Instead he spends a fortune on a pearl necklace for his wife. The poor man recovers with the help of his kindly neighbors while the rich man's wife becomes sick and dies, with the useless necklace by her sid... Read allA poor young man is seriously ill, but his rich employer won't help him. Instead he spends a fortune on a pearl necklace for his wife. The poor man recovers with the help of his kindly neighbors while the rich man's wife becomes sick and dies, with the useless necklace by her side.
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  • Director
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Writer
    • Bernardine R. Leist
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Bernard
    • Charles West
    • Kate Bruce
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  • Director
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Writer
    • Bernardine R. Leist
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Bernard
    • Charles West
    • Kate Bruce
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    Dorothy Bernard
    Dorothy Bernard
    • The Poor Womanas The Poor Woman
    Charles West
    Charles West
    • The Poor Woman's Brother - the Neurasthenic Workeras The Poor Woman's Brother - the Neurasthenic Worker
    Kate Bruce
    Kate Bruce
    • The Poor Woman's Motheras The Poor Woman's Mother
    Blanche Sweet
    Blanche Sweet
    • The Brother's Sweetheartas The Brother's Sweetheart
    William J. Butler
    • The Brother's Sweetheart's Fatheras The Brother's Sweetheart's Father
    J. Jiquel Lanoe
    • The Italian Shoemakeras The Italian Shoemaker
    Claire McDowell
    Claire McDowell
    • The Italian Shoemaker's Wifeas The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
    Ynez Seabury
    Ynez Seabury
    • The Italian Shoemaker's Daughteras The Italian Shoemaker's Daughter
    Edward Dillon
    Edward Dillon
    • The Sour Neighboras The Sour Neighbor…
    Kate Toncray
    Kate Toncray
    • The Sour Neighbor's Wifeas The Sour Neighbor's Wife
    Robert Harron
    Robert Harron
    • The Neighbor with Unbuttoned Cuffsas The Neighbor with Unbuttoned Cuffs
    Adolph Lestina
    • The Doctoras The Doctor
    Dell Henderson
    Dell Henderson
    • The Millionaireas The Millionaire
    Grace Henderson
    Grace Henderson
    • The Millionaire's Wifeas The Millionaire's Wife
    Charles Hill Mailes
    Charles Hill Mailes
    • The Rich Doctoras The Rich Doctor
    Christy Cabanne
    Christy Cabanne
    • At Millionaire's Banquetas At Millionaire's Banquet
    John T. Dillon
    • At Millionaire's Banquetas At Millionaire's Banquet
    Edna Foster
    Edna Foster
    • In Hallwayas In Hallway
    • Director
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Writer
      • Bernardine R. Leist
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    A poor young man is seriously ill, but his rich employer won't help him. Instead he spends a fortune on a pearl necklace for his wife. The poor man recovers with the help of his kindly neighbors while the rich man's wife becomes sick and dies, with the useless necklace by her side. —Anonymous
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      Referenced in Charles in Charge: A Sting of Pearls (1989)

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    The picture tells an interesting but very slight story
    A picture of contrasts whose purpose seems to be to show something of how a tenement house is organized on its human side. What we mean will be much dearer to those who see the picture. Life is an organism; we are in truth one. All of us can see ourselves in others; even the rich man of the picture, the man who paid a quarter of a million for the string of pearls, could do that. He said, "I have worked for my money, let them do so." On the other hand, it needs some humanizing experience to make us recognize others in ourselves, to make us sympathetic. Hard luck is very apt to do this. That is why the poor are charitable to the poor. It was on the thread of human sympathy that the spiritual pearls of the tenement were strung. The picture shows these in contrast with the material pearls owned by the rich man's wife. The connection between these poor people and the rich man is in that he is their employer. The scenes keep changing from the one to the other. The picture tells an interesting but very slight story. It is a suggestive picture; it is meant to stimulate thought, and on that account it may seem slow to many, although three or four characterizations among the poor people keep it very much alive. It is, in fact, a modern interpretation of the parable of Dives. We fear to wholly commend it to exhibitors as a sure, drawing feature; but to spectators we most heartily commend it as a big, worthy picture, one well worth going some distance to see. The photographs are fine. - The Moving Picture World, March 23, 1912
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    • Release date
      • March 7, 1912 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Biograph Company
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    • Runtime
      17 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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