Where Are My Children?
Alternate title(s): Where Are My Children?
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Date: January 01, 1916 to December 31, 1916
Dates Note: 1916
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United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: B&W/Tinted
Silent: Yes
Based On: a story by Lucy Payton, Franklyn Hall
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Silent Cinema Pioneers: From Alice Guy-Blaché to Lois WeberDescription:
Throughout the silent period, Lois Weber, a social worker turned film director, produced brilliant but controversial “missionary pictures” in which anti-Semitism, opium smuggling, capital punishment, and alcoholism were addressed with candor and dramatic prowess. Where Are My Children?, codirected with her husband, Phillips Smalley, manages a curious balance, defending birth control while condemning abortion. The film focuses on a district attorney with an interest in eugenics as a curative for social ills. Please note that no complete prints of this film exist.
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