The Battle of Gettysburg (1913 film)

The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
	Newspaper promotion of film, 1913
Directed by	Charles Giblyn; Thomas H. Ince
Written by	Charles Brown; Thomas H. Ince; Richard V. Spencer; C. Gardner Sullivan (titles)
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	Willard Mack; Charles K. French
Distributed by	Mutual Film; Hiller & Wick Inc. (re-release)
Release date	June 1, 1913;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

The Battle of Gettysburg is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and Thomas H. Ince. The Battle of Gettysburg is based on the American Civil War battle of the same name. The film is now considered to be lost,^[1] although some battlefield footage was used by Mack Sennett in his comedy Cohen Saves the Flag, which was shot on location alongside this production.^[2] However, there are claims that The Battle of Gettysburg was screened in France in 1973.^[3]

Cast

Willard Mack in an undetermined leading role
Charles Edler as Abraham Lincoln
Ann Little as Virginia Burke as the Confederate Sister (credited as Anna Little)
Joe King as Jack Lamar as the Confederate Brother
Burton L. King as Jim Burke - the Sister's Sweetheart
Herschel Mayall
Walter Edwards
J. Barney Sherry
George Fisher
J. Frank Burke
Enid Markey
Gertrude Claire in a secondary role (unconfirmed)
Shorty Hamilton in a secondary role (unconfirmed)

^ The Battle of Gettysburg at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
^ Frank Thompson (1996). Lost Films. Citadel Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-8065-1604-6.
^ "Silent Era: The Battle of Gettysburg". silentera. Retrieved June 20, 2008.

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