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Suspense (S)

Suspense

1913

Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber

Lois Weber, Val Paul, Douglas Gerrard, Sam Kaufman, Lon Chaney

7.2

1,087

Thriller. Drama 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Ciara Wardlow Film School Rejects	"Weber and her work were important in helping cinema establish itself as a respectable, mainstream form of entertainment (...) she really knew how to use the camera and the particular qualities of the cinematic form to elicit a desired emotional response in an audience."	POS

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