When a wealthy young lady leaves the US to visit her aunt in France, her husband falls in love with a "flapper". When the wife returns home, she finds out about her husband's affair.
In the pantheon of silent-era domestic dramas, William Nigh’s 1924 effort, Born Rich, stands as a hauntingly prescient indictment of the sybaritic lifestyle that defined the American elite during the interwar period. While many films of the era sought to glamorize the burgeoning 'flapper' culture, Nigh, alongside w...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
William Nigh
William Nigh
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" In the pantheon of silent-era domestic dramas, William Nigh’s 1924 effort, Born Rich, stands as a hauntingly prescient indictment of the sybaritic lifestyle that defined the American elite during the interwar period. While many films of the era sought to glamorize the burgeoning 'flapper' culture, Nigh, alongside writers Hughes Cornell and Walter DeLeon, peels back the gilded veneer to reveal a rot of emotional stagnation and moral vacuity. This isn't merely a story of a husband wandering; i..."
William Nigh, Hughes Cornell, Harriete Underhill, Walter DeLeon
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