Jimmie gets interested in an actress who was a former sweetheart, with the emoting lady finally deciding to cure him by pretending to reciprocate and, in so doing, recites to him a long speech of romantic flavor, intermixed with free love doctrines from her next play. Jimmie gets alarmed when he finds himself apparently accepted, and beats a hasty retreat back home to wife and babies.
Mrs. Sidney Drew, Julian Street, Tom Bret
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The Artifice of Affection: A Critique of The Emotional Miss Vaughn To witness The Emotional Miss Vaughn (1917) is to step into a meticulously crafted vacuum of early 20th-century social anxieties. At its core, the film is not merely a situational comedy but a sharp-witted dissection of the male gaze...
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" The Artifice of Affection: A Critique of The Emotional Miss Vaughn To witness The Emotional Miss Vaughn (1917) is to step into a meticulously crafted vacuum of early 20th-century social anxieties. At its core, the film is not merely a situational comedy but a sharp-witted dissection of the male gaze and the performative nature of the 'New Woman.' Directed and written by the formidable Mrs. Sidney Drew, who also stars as the eponymous actress, the film serves as a cautionary t..."
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