Romance in the silent era

Antonette 2022-03-20 09:01:56

This film is a literary romance with the highest artistic level in the silent film era, and it still has a strong emotional appeal to watch today. The story describes a farmer who fell in love with a city woman who came to the countryside for a vacation. Under her confusion, she decided to throw his wife into the river. She drowned in the city, then sold the farm and moved to the city to fly with her. The bad city woman gave him an idea to make him pretend that the boat capsized, and ran back with the life-saving grass that he had hidden beforehand. So the husband told his wife to take her there. On vacation in the city, the wife was very happy and dressed up carefully. It may be because of the wife's dress, the innocence of the child, or the relationship between husband and wife for many years. After all, the husband did not start. On the contrary, the two deepened their relationship in the city , But on the way back, it encountered strong wind and rain....
The director combined the wonderful performance of the heroine Janet Gaynor with excellent film technology, and made this original human drama with artistic depth, and the picture was surprisingly beautiful, Won the first Academy Award for Best Production Artistic Quality, and the Actress and Cinematography also won the Jinxiang Award.

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  • The Man: [pleading to his wife] Don't be afraid of me!

  • [opening title cards]

    Title Card: This song of the Man and his Wife is of no place and every place; you might hear it anywhere, at any time.

    Title Card: For wherever the sun rises and sets, in the city's turmoil or under the open sky on the farm, life is much the same; sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.