52分钟
God's Half Acre5.0
主演：Mabel Taliaferro Jack W. Johnston Lorraine Frost Richard Neill
导演：埃德温·卡鲁维
状态：52分钟
剧情简介
Leaving his wife Rose for a few weeks and eager to do research for his new novel about the elderly, Henry Norman goes to live in a home for the aged, where Blossom, the home's young maid, falls in love with him. When she lets him know how she feels, however, Henry tells her that he has a wife. When his research is over, he returns to her--and discovers that she has eloped with ...
观众心声
June Mathis写过很多现实主义色彩的剧本，反映当时的性别、财富观念。在这部里她塑造了一个善良天真、任劳任怨的小姑娘的形象：男主亲昵地称呼她为"old young lady"，结尾处两人重逢时女主又对男主说："Please change me into a young young lady."这个形象可能和Mathis在儿时也曾十四岁就劳作挣钱养家的经历有关。今天看来这情节实在太白马王子和灰姑娘了（两人第一次相遇时男主literally骑着一匹白马），让人很难共情。现存版本有部分遗失，根据当时的剧情描述：在男女主离开养老院后，男主邀请女主出席他的新剧本首映式，男主妻子和她情人也都在场；男主妻子看到男主和女主的交往姿态，下定决心跟她情人私奔…（2025年Pordenon默片节 补标）
作为新人作品，完成度已经非常高了。
即使非原著党也能完全理解并享受其中。
有很多致敬经典的彩蛋，老粉狂喜。
打斗场面干净利落，动作设计相当漂亮。