STATION CONTENT is a 1918 silent feature that marks the debut of Hollywood starlet Gloria Swanson. Unfortunately the full feature has long been lost but a 12 minute reel survives and has been restored by the dedicated people at Harpodeon. This film mixes together a torrid romantic storyline about a failed relationship between husband and wife with a train disaster. It's dated, of course, but as far as you can make out from the remaining footage, pretty well put together.
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The Station's Discontent Made Gloria's Movie
boblipton18 January 2016
Gloria Swanson is the wife of a station master of a backwoods railroad station. Bored and isolated, she runs away to a life on the stage. When she misses a connection and is succored by a similarly isolated station master and his contented wife, she remembers the value and happiness of her old life.
Only a twelve-minute cut down of this five-real movie is known to exist. You can look at it on the Harpodeon.com site. Enough remains to show a well-written and directed story, with some excellent production values for the era, and Miss Swanson's star power in the medium close up shots. She would soon leave the rapidly disintegrating Triangle Film Corporation to go to Paramount and a career that would peak in the late 1920s, but would extend notably to 1950's SUNSET BOULEVARD and into the 1970s.
Only a twelve-minute cut down of this five-real movie is known to exist. You can look at it on the Harpodeon.com site. Enough remains to show a well-written and directed story, with some excellent production values for the era, and Miss Swanson's star power in the medium close up shots. She would soon leave the rapidly disintegrating Triangle Film Corporation to go to Paramount and a career that would peak in the late 1920s, but would extend notably to 1950's SUNSET BOULEVARD and into the 1970s.
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