The Shine Girl (1916)
Drama | 27 August 1916
In an interview in the 16 September 1916 Moving Picture World, director William Parke discussed how he sometimes elicited good performances from non-actors. In The Shine Girl, he said, "A character that stands out because of correctness of type was played by an aged Italian boot-maker found on the east side of New York. When he came to the studio he had no idea of what was expected of him, and he could not understand a word of English. I played the part myself, laughed when I wanted him to laugh and scowled at the proper moment, and after a few trials he followed in a most convincing fashion."
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
In an interview in the 16 September 1916 Moving Picture World, director William Parke discussed how he sometimes elicited good performances from non-actors. In The Shine Girl, he said, "A character that stands out because of correctness of type was played by an aged Italian boot-maker found on the east side of New York. When he came to the studio he had no idea of what was expected of him, and he could not understand a word of English. I played the part myself, laughed when I wanted him to laugh and scowled at the proper moment, and after a few trials he followed in a most convincing fashion."
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
A shoeshine girl steals a loaf of bread to help a sickly, impoverished neighbor, but the authorities catch her and take her to juvenile court. However, Judge Clayton recognizes the kindness that motivated the theft, drops the charge, and takes the shine girl to his mother's home in the country. While at home, the judge meets an old sweetheart, Margaret Kenyon, now unhappily married. They decide to run away together, but when the shine girl finds out, she tells the judge that, just as it was wrong for her to take the bread, it is wrong for him to take another man's wife. As a result of this counsel, the judge calls off the elopement, and then, slowly, falls in love with the shine girl, whom he eventually ...
A shoeshine girl steals a loaf of bread to help a sickly, impoverished neighbor, but the authorities catch her and take her to juvenile court. However, Judge Clayton recognizes the kindness that motivated the theft, drops the charge, and takes the shine girl to his mother's home in the country. While at home, the judge meets an old sweetheart, Margaret Kenyon, now unhappily married. They decide to run away together, but when the shine girl finds out, she tells the judge that, just as it was wrong for her to take the bread, it is wrong for him to take another man's wife. As a result of this counsel, the judge calls off the elopement, and then, slowly, falls in love with the shine girl, whom he eventually marries.
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