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.
- Director
- Writers
- Lois Weber(adapted by)
- Stella Wynne Herron(from the story by)
- Jane Addams(novel "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil")
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Lois Weber(adapted by)
- Stella Wynne Herron(from the story by)
- Jane Addams(novel "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil")
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 win
Mary MacLaren
- Eva Meyer
- (as Miss Mary McLaren)
Mattie Witting
- Mom Meyer
- (as Mrs. A.E. Witting)
Lina Basquette
- Eva's Sister
- (uncredited)
John George
- Department Store Customer
- (uncredited)
Violet Schram
- Eva's Sister
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Lois Weber(adapted by)
- Stella Wynne Herron(from the story by)
- Jane Addams(novel "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil")
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaA 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Unshod Maiden (1932)
Review
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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.
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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- SnoopyStyle
- Nov 4, 2020
Details
- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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