Sheriff Pat goes to San Francisco, where he captures a pretty burglar attempting to rob his room. She agrees to give up her life of crime and, on a bet, Pat returns a brooch she stole.


The year 1925 represented a fascinating crossroads for American cinema, a period where the rugged individualism of the Western hero began to flirt with the sophisticated, often cynical, textures of urban melodrama. In Soft Shoes, directed by Lloyd Ingraham and penned by the formidable trio of Hunt Stromberg, Harry Care...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham
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"The year 1925 represented a fascinating crossroads for American cinema, a period where the rugged individualism of the Western hero began to flirt with the sophisticated, often cynical, textures of urban melodrama. In Soft Shoes, directed by Lloyd Ingraham and penned by the formidable trio of Hunt Stromberg, Harry Carey, and Harvey Gates, we witness a sublime deconstruction of the 'fish out of water' trope. Harry Carey, an actor whose face was already a topographic map of the American frontier, ..."
Hunt Stromberg, Harry Carey, Harvey Gates
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