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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: MileBD00152 | MilestoneSeries: Milestone cinemathequePublisher: [Spokane, Washington] : Milestone Film & Video, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781933920689
  • 1933920688
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Herron, Stella Wynne. Shoes
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .S56 2018
Production credits:
  • Music score, Donald Sosin and Mimi Rabson ; photography, Stephen S. Norton, King D. Gray, Allen G. Siegler ; restoration by EYE Filmmuseum and Milestone.
Cast: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Jessie Arnold, William Mong, Lina Basquette.Summary: Eva Meyer's meager wages from her job at a five-and-dime store are the sole financial support for three younger sisters, a struggling mother, and a father who prefers beer and penny dreadfuls to work. When there is barely enough to cover the grocer's bill, Eva is forced to patch the holes in the soles of her shoes with cardboard. But with each rainy day and splinter, her plight becomes more painful, and finally intolerable. With no solution in sight, Eva is forced to consider other options.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00283 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050306583

Based on the short story by Stella Wynne Herron

Bonus features: Shelley Stamp commentary track; Unshod Maiden, 1932 spoof of shoes; Richard Koszarski audio interview with Mary MacLaren 1971; EYE Filmmuseum's before-and-after video and original Dutch intro to Shoes; 1911 short film, The price, directed by and starring Weber & Phillips Smalley (13 min.).

Title from container.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1916.

Blu-ray, wide screen.

Silent film.

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