Bizarre antics, effective storytelling, lively actors, hilarious body language – and a weak ending, unfortunately.
Chronicling the pitfalls of marriage. Maybe in my book of exceedingly temperamental women.
A mistreated beggar girl in a cold, cruel world of recklessly partying noblefolks.
Simple story, bad acting. Not in my book of fatal irony.
Little girl lost. Supposedly drama but looking more like comedy, this isn’t particularly successful either way.
Repetitive and boring. Not in my book of vagrant children.
Odd story, priceless body language, one very bizarre character – and extremely shaky camerawork!
Only peripherally about marriage. Occasionally funny, but hardly in my book of irritating companions.
No story, no characterization, no subject matter – merely a peculiar fragment. A few seconds devoid of meaning, and still a definite must for every movie lover!
The earliest known piece of film in existence, by pioneering cinematographic inventor Louis Le Prince. In my book of historical merit.
From happy husband and well-adjusted worker to devilish drunkard in just a few minutes – »A Thoughtful Moral Lesson« indeed!
Legendary director D.W. Griffith delivers another early short about the perils of alcohol. Not in my book of family woes despite a climactic shock towards the end.
Touted as »The most powerful temperance lecture ever depicted« and incorporating scenes from »L’assommoir« by Emile Zola, this must have been a fairly ambitious endeavor.
Heavily didactic, painfully simplistic, somewhat touching – though far from my book of redemption.
