A 70-minute silent time capsule where grief meets property disputes and nobody wins.
After her husband's death in the West, Mrs. Lehr, a young widow who grew up in Cuttleback, decides to return there with her two daughters, Jane and Katherine, and make her home on the old family estate which had been looked after in her absence by Job Jenkins, a caretaker who had been in the Lehr family's employ since boyhood, and by now he has been the estate's sole occupant for so many years that he regards it as part of his life, and is disturbed when his mistress returns with her children.
Production
Surviving 1917 rural location shooting—actual dust, actual grief.
Director
Kenean Buel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Lee sisters were actual child stars of the silent era; this was Jane's 47th film by age 12.
Director Kenean Buel made over 100 films between 1913-1920; fewer than 20 survive. You're watching a ghost.
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