The Eternal Grind (1916)

ALL 04/17/1916 (en) Drama 41 Min
  • Release
    04/17/1916
  • Production
    Famous Players Film Company
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Eternal Grind
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Louise (Pickford) is a sewing-machine girl in a sweatshop in New York City. She lives together with her sisters Amy (Loretta Blake) and Jane (Dorothy West) and are all deprived by bad conditions at work and sickness. Louise tries for the three of them to survive and regards herself as the keeper of her sisters. Meanwhile, she stands up to her bosses and complains about the dreadful circumstances they work in. When Amy is seduced by the son of the shop-owner, Louise butts in and stops the romance. He eventually abandons Amy and becomes seriously injured in a cave-in. Louise has a secret crush on the son herself and tries to rescue him, hoping he will admit he loves her. The film is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which took place in 1911. The only version of the film is a nitrate print in the Cinematheque Francaise, but only the first half remains.

  1. John B. O'Brien

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Mary Pickford

    Louise

  2. Loretta Blake

    Amy

  3. Dorothy West

    Jane

  4. John Bowers

    Owen Wharton

  5. Robert Cain

    Ernest Wharton

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 5 , Crews : 3

Keyword

The Eternal Grind (1916) 41 Min

ALL 04/17/1916 (en)
Drama
  • Release 04/17/1916
  • Production
    Famous Players Film Company
  • Original title The Eternal Grind
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Louise (Pickford) is a sewing-machine girl in a sweatshop in New York City. She lives together with her sisters Amy (Loretta Blake) and Jane (Dorothy West) and are all deprived by bad conditions at work and sickness. Louise tries for the three of them to survive and regards herself as the keeper of her sisters. Meanwhile, she stands up to her bosses and complains about the dreadful circumstances they work in. When Amy is seduced by the son of the shop-owner, Louise butts in and stops the romance. He eventually abandons Amy and becomes seriously injured in a cave-in. Louise has a secret crush on the son herself and tries to rescue him, hoping he will admit he loves her. The film is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which took place in 1911. The only version of the film is a nitrate print in the Cinematheque Francaise, but only the first half remains.

  1. John B. O'Brien

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer