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A Plain Song
UNITED STATES · 1910

A Plain Song

D.W. Griffith
romantic deception working class life department store theater social longing
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Synopsis

Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing by with their sweethearts, lighthearted and happy. Therefore she feels highly flattered and pleased at the attentions of a traveling repertoire manager who enters the store advertising his show, and presents Edith with two complimentary tickets for that evening's performance. The next day the manager ap

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