Sparrows (1926 film)

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American film drama film feature film silent film

Sparrows (1926 film) is a 1926 silent drama film starring Mary Pickford, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and its story of abused orphans escaping from a grim baby farm in the Florida swamps.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → feature film → silent film →
blackAndWhite	true →
castMember	Anita Nelson → Billy Butts → Bruce Guerin → Buddy Messinger → Carmen De Rue → Charlotte Mineau → George Nichols → Gustav von Seyffertitz NERFINISHED → Jane Hall → Mary Louise Miller → Mary Margaret McGuire → Mary Pickford → Nellie Bly Baker → Phyllis Haver → Roy Stewart → Spec O'Donnell → Sunshine Hart →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Tom McNamara → William Beaudine →
distributor	United Artists →
filmingTechnique	constructed swamp sets → expressionistic lighting →
genre	drama → silent drama →
hasSetting	Florida swamps →
hasTheme	child abuse → escape → sacrifice →
leadCharacter	Molly →
leadCharacterPortrayedBy	Mary Pickford →
musicBy	Mortimer Wilson →
narrativeFocus	abused orphans escaping from a baby farm →
notableFor	dark expressionistic visual style → swamp escape sequence →
originalLanguage	Silent film with English intertitles →
partOf	Mary Pickford filmography →
producer	Mary Pickford →
productionCompany	United Artists →
releaseYear	1926 →
runtime	approximately 84 minutes →
screenwriter	C. Gardner Sullivan NERFINISHED → George Marion Jr. →
setInPeriod	early 20th century →
starring	Mary Pickford →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary Pickford →	notableWork