| Silent Film Short | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1824 | |
| Catalog #: | 515492 | |
| Clip Number: | 515492-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-16-127 | |
| Timecode: | 01:39:24 - 01:42:56 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Fear ENTERTAINMENT/FICTION FILMS: Melodrama ENTERTAINMENT/FICTION FILMS: Short Subjects LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | MS girl being checked by doctor. Text, "This child's nerves had suffered a terrible shock...her legs are paralyzed. She'll never be able to walk again." MS doctor and family over the girl, mother rises in concern and down again. CU girl. Text, "Sad weeks follow." MS girl in bed, Dorothy. MCU mother at bedside. MCU father enters sadly. MS father and mother at bedside, father gives a letter to mother, "I couldn't stand it any longer Dorothy’s suffering I am Traveling to the Pyrenees mountains, love and kisses uncle john." MCU mother's face, man, father. MCU mother leaves the room crying. CU father's face, daughter Dorothy. MS/CU mother crying while looking out the window. CU girl. Text, "Her schoolmates visit her every day." MS friends at her bedside. CU girl's face. MS friends leave. MSs mother walking friends out, one friend fades out, they walk away, sad look on mother's face. CU Dorothy’s face. Text, "The memory of that dreadful hour." CU girl screaming. (remembering, yells for mother) MS girl near flower area she was found. MS mother comes running. MCUs/CU mother and girl embrace, mother trying to calm the frightened girl, girl is scarred. | |
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