June 27, 2011

Daddy-Long-Legs

Data
Title: Daddy-Long-Legs
Year: 1919
Length: 85 minutes
Director: Marshall Neilan
Writer: Agnes Christine Johnston, based on a play by Jean Webster
Starring: Mary Pickford
With: Milla Davenport, Percy Haswell, Fay Lemport, Mahlon Hamilton, Lillian Langdon, Betty Bouton, Audrey Chapman, Marshall Neilan, Carrie Clark Ward
Cinematography: Charles Rosher
Music: Maria Newman
I saw it: on video (rented from Greencine), a few days ago
Synopsis: the young life of an orphan girl

My reaction
Concept:1/4 (Bad)
Story:1/4 (Bad)
Characters:1/4 (Bad)
Dialog:1/4 (Bad)
Pacing:1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography:2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design:2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting:2/4 (Indifferent)
Music:3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, 2/4 (Indifferent)). My first Mary Pickford movie, and I don't see what all the fuss was about. Nothing here has held up to time. My wife's response: "Well... I guess that was a movie."
Objective Rating (Average):1.6/4 (Eh)

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