Temptation to cheat comes in the way of a young couple in reward for which the wife can escape from the bitterness of life on $25 per week in a New York suburb, i.e.
Eugene Walter
United States
The flicker begins with a chiaroscuro ferry whistle, a soundless shriek that seems to tear the very celluloid: Jane’s gloved hand clutches a nickel carfare while skyscrapers across the bay glint like scalpels. Director Eugene Walter—no stranger to society’s septic underbelly after scripting The Plunderer—frames her f...
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Joseph A. Golden
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" The flicker begins with a chiaroscuro ferry whistle, a soundless shriek that seems to tear the very celluloid: Jane’s gloved hand clutches a nickel carfare while skyscrapers across the bay glint like scalpels. Director Eugene Walter—no stranger to society’s septic underbelly after scripting The Plunderer—frames her first close-up through a cracked kitchen window, the glass’s fracture line bisecting her cheek like destiny’s scar. That single shot foreshadows the film’s obsession with splintered..."
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