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The ocean waif

Ocean waif: Abused young woman finds safety and eventually love in the arms of a famous novelist.

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  • "Fourty-nine seventeen"
  • "'49-'17"@en
  • "'49-'17"
  • "First ladies, early women filmmakers"@en
  • "49-17"

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  • "Ocean waif: Abused young woman finds safety and eventually love in the arms of a famous novelist."@en
  • "Alice Guy-Blaché (French, 1873-1968), the world's first woman film director, made films for Gaumont in Paris (1896-1907), then had her own studio, the Solax Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey (1910-1914). After Solax ceased production, she became a director for hire and went to work for The International Film Service, owned by William Randolph Hearst. The plot of The Ocean Waif adheres closely to the Hearst agenda: a romantic story, plenty of pathos but no brutality, a likeable hero and an innocent young woman, and a suspenseful plot with a dramatic and happy ending ("the Mary Pickford school of narrative"). Blaché's parody of the Pygmalion-type love story gives equal screen time to each lover's point of view, but also skewers conventional class tropes. Doris Kenyon stars in the title role of an abused young woman who finds safety and eventually love in the arms of a famous novelist."@en
  • "Ocean waif: In this film parody of the Pygmalion love story an abused young woman finds safety and eventually love in the arms of a famous novelist."@en
  • "'49-'17: A charming and suspenseful western parody about a millionaire who hires a wild west theatrical troupe to relive his past as a miner forty niner."@en
  • "'49-'17: A millionaire hires a theatrical troupe to relive his past in the wild west as a 1849 gold-rush miner."@en
  • "Ocean waif: In this version of the Pygmalion love story an abused young woman finds safety and eventually love in the arms of a famous novelist. '49-'17: A charming and suspenseful western parody about a millionaire who hires a wild west theatrical troupe to relive his past as a miner forty niner."
  • "In this film parody of the Pygmalion love story the abused young woman Millie runs away and hides in a mansion that's supposed to be haunted. The next day, author Ronald Roberts arrives in search of some peace and quiet so he can complete his novel. He moves into the mansion and Millie plays ghost until he discovers her. The two of them fall in love, but Roberts is already engaged to Beatrice, who shows up in the village with a group of his friends. Dejected, Millie leaves but Roberts goes after her and eventually returns to the city with Millie as his wife."

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  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Western films"@en
  • "Western films"
  • "fiction dramatique (fiction)"
  • "Comedy films"@en
  • "Silent films"
  • "Silent films"@en
  • "Videocassettes"@en
  • "Parody films"@en
  • "Speelfilm"

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  • "The ocean waif"@en
  • "The ocean waif"
  • "The Ocean waif"@en
  • "The Ocean waif"

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