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Shoes

Play trailer Poster for Shoes 1916,  1h 0m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 91% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 80% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
91% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 80% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.

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Joshua Lowe Variety Nov 18, 2020
There are no "big" or "sensational" scenes, merely a vision of life as it actually is, and devoid of all theatricalism. Go to Full Review
Grace Kingsley Los Angeles Times Nov 18, 2020
Shoes is the greatest photoplay which Lois Weber has ever produced. All praise to its perfection of acting... All praise to the fact that every atom of its fine-drawn drama grows out of the hearts, the lives, the motives of real human beings. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Mar 21, 2019
Weber-who, like Griffith, knew how to pull viewers deep inside a character's emotional vortex-reveals how the chronic envy of these young shopworkers, selling merchandise they can't afford themselves, sucks them into a rapacious economy. Go to Full Review
Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Feb 13, 2024
Shoes is a prime example of every aspect of [Lois Weber's] artistry. Go to Full Review
Kate Saccone Vague Visages Dec 12, 2023
Shoes especially is a testament to the importance of reconsidering women’s involvement in cinema history. Go to Full Review
Margaret I. MacDonald Moving Picture World Dec 17, 2020
The production rings true, and at no moment do the players appear to be acting. Go to Full Review
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Ron W Mar 7, 2017 Shoes 1916 was recently discovered by the Eye Film Institute in the Netherlands in 2008 & was recently restored....a beautiful treasure that is now 101 years old. A moving drama about a young woman Eve who works & provides for her whole family & dreams of a better life & a pair shoes since her's falling apart. The beauty of this film lies in its simplicity & tenderness the shoes are like a symbol for her poverty. Directed by one of the first major female filmmakers Lois Weber. This is a beautiful & emotionally charged film. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Lois Weber

Director

Mary MacLaren

Eva Meyer

Harry Griffith

Her father

Mattie Witting

Her Mother

Jessie Arnold

Lil

William V. Mong

"Cabaret" Charlie

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.
Director
Lois Weber
Producer
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
Screenwriter
Stella Wynne Herron, Lois Weber
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 26, 1916, Original
Runtime
1h 0m
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