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The Blot

192191 minUnited States
RomanceDrama

Synopsis

A poorly paid professor struggles to support his family while teaching students insulated by wealth. One student's interest in the professor's daughter brings him into their home and exposes what appearances have concealed. Neighbors, competing admirers and the effort to remain respectable complicate the family's need for help.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
94:11
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Lois Weber · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsLois Weber

Behind the scenes

Lois Weber used real locations, natural light where possible and several nonprofessional performers. Those choices support the film's attention to the daily details of genteel poverty.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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