New Years Eve - 1924 - 5/10
AKA - Sylvester
Outside, the sidewalks and streets are jammed with merrymaking throngs.
Many venture inside the cafe and continue the party.
The barkeep serves and replenishes canapés and drinks in the back.
His wife assists. Then the man’s mother arrives, a meek, withered, dry piece of toast.
In contrast to the revels without, they share a quiet meal before the man returns to bar duties.
And the quiet mother, no longer capable of controlling her jealousy and resentment, erupts.
No intertitles, by design. The copy I viewed had a pronounced flicker, very fatiguing.
