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Shoes

  • 19161916
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
646
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Mary MacLaren in Shoes (1916)
Drama
A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
646
YOUR RATING
    • Lois Weber
    • Lois Weber(adapted by)
    • Stella Wynne Herron(from the story by)
    • Jane Addams(novel "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil")
  • Stars
    • Mary MacLaren
    • Harry Griffith
    • Mattie Witting
    • Lois Weber
    • Lois Weber(adapted by)
    • Stella Wynne Herron(from the story by)
    • Jane Addams(novel "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil")
  • Stars
    • Mary MacLaren
    • Harry Griffith
    • Mattie Witting
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 7User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Harry Griffith, Mary MacLaren, and Mattie Witting in Shoes (1916)
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    Harry Griffith and Mary MacLaren in Shoes (1916)
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    Mary MacLaren
    Mary MacLaren
    • Eva Meyer
    • (as Miss Mary McLaren)
    Harry Griffith
    • Dad Meyer
    Mattie Witting
    • Mom Meyer
    • (as Mrs. A.E. Witting)
    Jessie Arnold
    Jessie Arnold
    • Lil
    William V. Mong
    William V. Mong
    • 'Cabaret' Charlie
    Lina Basquette
    Lina Basquette
    • Eva's Sister
    • (uncredited)
    John George
    John George
    • Department Store Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Violet Schram
    • Eva's Sister
    • (uncredited)
      • Lois Weber
      • Lois Weber(adapted by)
      • Stella Wynne Herron(from the story by)
      • Jane Addams(novel "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil")
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    • Trivia
      A Bluebird Production. Universal, lacking its own theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system to market its features to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low-budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases), and Jewel (prestige pictures made to command higher roadshow ticket prices). The studio discontinued this marketing method in late 1929.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: The kitchen was filled with the Saturday night smell of corned beef and cabbage - mostly cabbage.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Unshod Maiden (1932)

    User reviews7

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    7/10
    poetic and outrageous
    Eva Mayer earns $5 a week in a five and ten cent store. She is struggling to support her parents and three younger sisters. She grows tired of her lazy father and ungrateful family. She dreams of the high life but she can't even afford to replace her worn out shoes. "She sold herself for a pair of shoes."

    There is shock value to the opening text. The premise is poetic and outrageous at the same time. I do wonder if the film is trivializing something but one must admit that people are willing to do the wrong things for relatively small reasons.. The final ending is simply more tragic poetry which does leave this feeling a little bit false. There is an appeal to this story despite its simplified construction. This was added to the National Film Registry in 2014.
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    • Nov 4, 2020

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 1916 (United States)
      • United States
      • None
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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    • 1 hour
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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