Friends (1912 film)
Friends is a 1912 film written and directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey.[1] Walthall and Barrymore portray two old friends who each wind up involved with a beautiful girl (Pickford) who lives above a mining camp saloon.
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | D. W. Griffith |
Starring | Mary Pickford Henry B. Walthall Lionel Barrymore Harry Carey |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Distributed by | Biograph |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film English intertitles |
The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[2][3][4] A print of Friends was run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph retrospective.[5]
Cast
- Mary Pickford as Dora (the orphan)
- Henry B. Walthall as Dandy Jack
- Lionel Barrymore as Grizzley Fallon (Dandy Jack's friend)
- Harry Carey as Bob Kyne (the prospector)
- Charles Hill Mailes as The bartender
- Elmer Booth as Man in saloon
- Frank Evans as Man in saloon
- Robert Harron as Stableboy
- Adolph Lestina as Man in saloon
- Walter Miller as Man in saloon
- W. C. Robinson as Man in saloon
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See also
- Harry Carey filmography
- D. W. Griffith filmography
- Lionel Barrymore filmography
- Mary Pickford filmography
References
- D. W. Griffith, American film master. Museum of Modern Art. 1965. p. 43.
- Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
- "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
- "Mary Pickford". noirestyle. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
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