Children of Eve

Name: Children of Eve
Genre: Drama
Released: 1915-11-10
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Viola Dana, Robert Conness, Tom Blake

19151915
1h 13m

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Young Henry Clay Madison, a clerk, falls in love with Flossy Wilson, a prostitute from New York's East Side. Although she reforms under his influence, Flossy believes that she is unworthy of... Read allYoung Henry Clay Madison, a clerk, falls in love with Flossy Wilson, a prostitute from New York's East Side. Although she reforms under his influence, Flossy believes that she is unworthy of Madison and rejects his marriage proposal. Seventeen years later, Madison's nephew Bert, ... Read allYoung Henry Clay Madison, a clerk, falls in love with Flossy Wilson, a prostitute from New York's East Side. Although she reforms under his influence, Flossy believes that she is unworthy of Madison and rejects his marriage proposal. Seventeen years later, Madison's nephew Bert, a social worker, falls in love with wanton Fifty-Fifty Mamie, reforms her and elicits her ... Read all

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6/10

An undistinguished social message melodrama

CHILDREN OF EVE is a rather routine message picture of the variety that Hollywood still likes to burden us with around awards season. Inspired by the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, CHILDREN OF EVE is part-social commentary and part-melodrama, and the two modes don't always mix amiably. The plot feels padded out, hitting the familiar tropes aficionados of 1910s cinema will recognize (long-lost children, miserly men melted by love, "leave him if you really love him you low-born tart!", etc.) and the morals are presented in preachy title cards. Viola Dana is charming in her role, though-- in fact, the acting is solid altogether. However, this is definitely of historical interest only.

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