| Poor Relations | |
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 Contemporary advertisement | |
| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Written by | King Vidor |
| Starring | Florence Vidor |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Distributed by | Robertson-Cole |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Poor Relations is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor.[1] Produced by the Brentwood Corporation, the film starred Vidor’s wife Florence Vidor and featured comedienne ZaSu Pitts.[2]
The picture is the final of four Christian Science precept films that represent a brief phase in Vidor’s output championing the superiority of self-healing through moral strength and supplemented by the benefits of rural living.[3]
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Poor Relations". Silent Era. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ Baxter 1976 p. 9
- ^ (Gustafssson 2016: “The film “advocated views associated with Christian Science (not to be confused with Scientology, a then relatively new religious movement that came about towards the end of the 19th century and to which Vidor claimed allegiance.”
Durgnat and Simmons, 1988 p. 26
Baxter 1976 p. 9