The Old Actor
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: W. Chrystie Miller [an old actor], Mary Pickford, Kate Bruce, Edwin August, Frank Opperman, Mae Marsh, Charles West
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hennessey. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 6 May 1912. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format; released in Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot in southern California in February 1912.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [?] [16mm preservation reduction positive]?; in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [incomplete positive]; and in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actors
Listing updated: 11 May 2018.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Eyman-Pickford p. 326; Leyda-Before pp. 60-61, 83, 146; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-Legacy; Website-Pickford.
Home video: DVD.
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