The Struggle Everlasting (1918)
Allegory | April 1918
Director:
James KirkwoodWriter:
Bennet MussonProduction Company:
Harry Rapf Productions; High Art ProductionsFirst shown in New York in Dec 1917, the film was probably not widely distributed until Apr 1918, when the Arrow Film Corp. released it on a state rights basis. It was shot at the Biograph studio in the Bronx. At the time of the Dec 1917 New York opening, the characters were called by their allegorical names, and a May 1918 review also uses the allegorical names. An Apr 1918 ad, however, refers to Florence Reed's character as Lois, and the copyright records, also submitted in Apr 1918, give proper names for the characters. Damage to the copyright records makes it difficult to read the proper names of the Banker and the Class Poet, but they appear to be Richard Powers and Edward Keats, respectively. One review of the Dec 1917 opening describes the film as an eight-reeler. ...
First shown in New York in Dec 1917, the film was probably not widely distributed until Apr 1918, when the Arrow Film Corp. released it on a state rights basis. It was shot at the Biograph studio in the Bronx. At the time of the Dec 1917 New York opening, the characters were called by their allegorical names, and a May 1918 review also uses the allegorical names. An Apr 1918 ad, however, refers to Florence Reed's character as Lois, and the copyright records, also submitted in Apr 1918, give proper names for the characters. Damage to the copyright records makes it difficult to read the proper names of the Banker and the Class Poet, but they appear to be Richard Powers and Edward Keats, respectively. One review of the Dec 1917 opening describes the film as an eight-reeler.
Mind, in the form of a college student, becomes infatuated with Body, a local barmaid, and neglects his studies, despite the warnings of his brother, Soul. Finally, however, he heeds Soul's advice and graduates to become a noted writer. Meanwhile, Soul becomes a minister and Body an adventuress. Body acquires four more lovers: a Champion Pugilist, a Musician, an Actor and a Banker, ruining and then discarding each one in turn. Eventually she enters Soul's church, where she realizes that her sinful mode of living can only lead to unhappiness. In trying to rescue Frail Sister, a white slave in the power of Slimy Thing, Body is shot and ...
Mind, in the form of a college student, becomes infatuated with Body, a local barmaid, and neglects his studies, despite the warnings of his brother, Soul. Finally, however, he heeds Soul's advice and graduates to become a noted writer. Meanwhile, Soul becomes a minister and Body an adventuress. Body acquires four more lovers: a Champion Pugilist, a Musician, an Actor and a Banker, ruining and then discarding each one in turn. Eventually she enters Soul's church, where she realizes that her sinful mode of living can only lead to unhappiness. In trying to rescue Frail Sister, a white slave in the power of Slimy Thing, Body is shot and killed.
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