The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs

One of the world's great love stories comes to the star who can make it live

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Release Date

7/19/1933

Runtime

90 mins

Overview

After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she sneaks across the street to model for Richard, a sculptor with whom she falls in love. A patron of Richard's, Baron von Merzbach, develops an interest in Lily that may not be with the best of intentions.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A pre-code melodrama about desire and naivety, where a young woman caught between an artist's genuine affection and a patron's predatory interest must navigate the cost of independence and forbidden love.

Mood

RomanticWistfulTenseBittersweet

Themes

LoveIdentityFreedomComing of age

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticFormalist

Structure

Linear

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