
Aurelie, an orphan, escapes from a New Orleans convent and is adopted by Mississippi riverboat captain Lindstrom. So that she can have a more settled life, he sends her to live with his brother, John Lindstrom, a squatter in a small river valley town.

The Liminality of the River: An Introduction to The Midlanders The silent era was frequently preoccupied with the 'foundling'—a blank slate upon which the anxieties of class, lineage, and morality could be projected. In Ida May Park’s The Midlanders, this trope is elevated beyond mere melodrama into a sophisticated ...

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

Joseph De Grasse

Joseph De Grasse
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" The Liminality of the River: An Introduction to The Midlanders The silent era was frequently preoccupied with the 'foundling'—a blank slate upon which the anxieties of class, lineage, and morality could be projected. In Ida May Park’s The Midlanders, this trope is elevated beyond mere melodrama into a sophisticated interrogation of provincial hypocrisy. The film, anchored by the luminous Bessie Love, navigates the treacherous waters between the fluid identity of the river and the rigid, calci..."

Lloyd Bacon
Ida May Park
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