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The Rose of Kentucky
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Wilfred Lucas [the plantation owner], Marion Sunshine [the orphan girl], Charles H. West [the plantation owner’s younger partner], Kate Bruce [the housekeeper], Kate Toncray [the mother], William J. Butler [the servant], Alfred Paget [the Nightriders recruiter], [?] Edwin August?, [?] Florence La Badie?
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 24 August 1911 by Biograph Company. Released 24 August 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The little girl, having lost her mother by death, would have been a homeless orphan had not the generous natured planter adopted her. He sends her to school, and as he watches her progress he also realizes a growing interest in her that digs deep into his heart. Feeling that he is too old to be her husband, he encourages her interest in his partner, who is a younger man. But she, in spite of the planter’s efforts at concealing his love, appreciates the fact that he is making a sacrifice for her welfare, as he sees it. However, she herself loves her benefactor, and is given an opportunity to reject the younger man, as he shows the yellow streak, when the night riders attack the planter’s tobacco barns.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 April 2023.
References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 42; Spehr-American p. 3; Usai-Griffith-5 pp. 105-108 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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