The Heart of Cleveland (1924)
The Heart of Cleveland is a 29 minute silent film produced for The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company in 1924. The film tells the story of a family living 50 minutes from Cleveland that still does not have electricity. A pilot has to make a landing on their farm and tells them about the wonders of radio and electricity. He then takes their two young children on a plane to Cleveland where they get to see first-hand the fantastic progress and prosperity that electricity brings.
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Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
The acting in this movie is really good.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.