Shoes (1916 film)

Shoes
Directed by Lois Weber
Produced by Bluebird Photoplays
Written by Lois Weber (scenario)
Based on story, Shoes, by Stella Wynne Herron, from a novel by Jane Addams
Starring Mary MacLaren
Cinematography Stephen S. Norton
King Gray
Al Siegler
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release dates
June 26, 1916
Running time
60 minutes
Country USA
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Shoes is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Lois Weber and starring Mary MacLaren. It was distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company and produced by a subsidiary called Bluebird Photoplays.[1][2] Shoes was added to the National Film Registry in 2014.

The film was held and restored by the EYE Institute Nederlands between 2008-2011.[3]

Cast

uncredited

Plot

Eva Meyer (Mary MacLaren) works in a dime store for a few dollars a week, but must solely support her family of two parents and three sisters because her father (Harry Griffith) prefers to lie in bed reading rather than looking for work. Eva desperately needs a new pair of shoes - her old ones are falling to pieces and she is reduced to cutting out and fitting cardboard soles every evening. Finally, with no other alternative, Eva sleeps with "Cabaret" Charlie (William V. Mong), a singer, in exchange for money. She buys new shoes, after which she learns that her father has found work.

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