Blinded in a train accident James Driscoll (Holmes Herbert), whose wife, Miriam Driscoll (Belle Bennett), has been having an affair with his young male secretary Phillip Kingston )Carroll Nye), regains his eyesight.He keeps this from his wife, who continues her affair.
If you have about an hour and want to see how people in the 1920s handled infidelity and dramatic train accidents, you should probably check out The Sporting Age. It is a silent movie from 1928 that feels like a very long episode of a soap opera, but with more staring. 🚂 I think people who like old-school melodrama w...
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"If you have about an hour and want to see how people in the 1920s handled infidelity and dramatic train accidents, you should probably check out The Sporting Age. It is a silent movie from 1928 that feels like a very long episode of a soap opera, but with more staring. 🚂 I think people who like old-school melodrama will get a kick out of this one. If you hate slow plots where characters don't just talk to each other, you will likely find it infuriating. The movie starts with James Driscoll, p..."
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