r/TrueFilm • u/Life_Put1070 • 3d ago

Need help identifying a black and white silent film!

I watched a film on Dailymotion a while ago, and I cannot for the life of me find it again. I believe it's from circa 1912, it's black and white, silent, and I believe around an hour long. It has a name something like "The Redemption" or "The Resurrection".

It follows a young woman who is working in an educational mission in a slum. A young tearaway gang member meets her and vows to mend his ways. This is threatened by one of his old gang mates who manages to convince him to let him hide out at his rooms. There is a posh guy who is trying to vie for the young woman's attentions. In the ensuing gang violence, she ends up shot.

Possibly most notably, there is one actor in the film who very clearly had very severe ricketts as a child: he is short, very square skull, round rachiatic ribcage (very barrel like). It's a presentation we don't see today, and he's in a very notable role. It's him I want to find this film for.

Anyway, any help would be very useful.

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u/Eastern_Statement416 3d ago

melodramatic story has the earmarks of D.W. Griffith. I would suggest checking his filmography for something similar. AI seems to have identified a Griffith film called "Redemption" though it appears to be a mistake.

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u/Life_Put1070 3d ago

I found it! It's called The Regeneration, it's a Raoul Walsh film. It's from 1915

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u/Eastern_Statement416 3d ago

yes! just found it too and posted wikipedia entry...........apparently it's the film that made Walsh's career

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u/Life_Put1070 3d ago

Had a look through his filmography, a few names stood out (The Renunciation for instance) but looking at their synopses (and surviving footage) I don't think it's one of his unfortunately.

Thank you for the signpost though!

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u/Eastern_Statement416 3d ago

may have found it: Regeneration directed by Raoul Walsh (1915)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneration_(1915_film)