Given away by her wealthy father, James Harrington, as an infant because she was born a female, Peggy has been raised by a kindly underworld crook. One day, while selling papers at the news stand, Peggy meets rising young attorney George Bentley who convinces her to aid the police in capturing Spike Kelly, a notorious member of her foster parent's gang.
Elsier La Maie
United States
In the pantheon of silent cinema, few narratives confront the visceral sting of patriarchal rejection with the same unvarnished intensity as The Unfortunate Sex (1920). This film, a relic of an era grappling with the nascent stirrings of women's suffrage and the shifting tectonic plates of social class, presents a h...
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" In the pantheon of silent cinema, few narratives confront the visceral sting of patriarchal rejection with the same unvarnished intensity as The Unfortunate Sex (1920). This film, a relic of an era grappling with the nascent stirrings of women's suffrage and the shifting tectonic plates of social class, presents a harrowing yet ultimately redemptive odyssey. Directed with a keen eye for the disparities between the gilded elite and the grit of the underworld, it serves as a scathing indictment..."
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