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The Blot (1921) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Blot
other title: 耻辱 / El borrón
The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the Professor, businessman Olsen, has money and lots of food, while the Griggs have hardly any. Both Peter Olsen and Reverend Gates are taken by the beauty of young Amelia Griggs. When rich son Phil West falls for Amelia Griggs and befriends the poor Reverend Gates, he finally sees the difference in his life and theirs and tries to do something to change that.
Shoes (1916) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Shoes
director: 洛伊斯·韦伯 actor: Mary MacLaren / Harry Griffith
other title: / 독류
A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.
White Heat (1934) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
White Heat
other title: 白热杀机 / 歼匪喋血战
In this melodrama filmed on location in Hawaii, a sugar plantation manager finds himself falling in love with a native girl, but instead of committing to her, he marries a socially prominent young woman from San Francisco. The spoiled girl does not easily adapt to the rigors of plantation life and she gets terribly bored. She is just about to give in to the romantic overtures of a persistent native when her former lover shows up. The husband gets jealous and is about to attack him when the wife sets fire to the cane field. The husband's native lover saves him from death. Afterward, his wife leaves to be with her old flame, and the manager is free to be with the woman he's loved all along.
Suspense (1913) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Suspense
8.1 (17 ratings) director: 菲利普斯·斯莫利 / 洛伊斯·韦伯 actor: 洛伊斯·韦伯 / Val Paul
other title: 悬念 / Suspense.
An isolated house in deserted area is too remote for a servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp watches the servant leave, then begins to skulk. The woman sees him outside as he discovers the latchkey. She phones her husband, who's working in town, and he jumps into a car idling in front of his office. He races toward home while the car's owner (and the police) are in pursuit. The tramp grabs a knife and heads up the stairs toward the defenseless woman. Can the husband elude the police long enough to rescue her or will the tramp have his way?