For His Son
| For His Son | |
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| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Emmett C. Hall |
| Starring | Blanche Sweet Charles West |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
For His Son is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when Biograph Company and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2][3] A print of the film survives today.[4]
Cast
- Charles Hill Mailes - The Father, a Physician
- Charles West - The Son
- Blanche Sweet - The Son's Fiancée
- William Bechtel - In Office
- Dorothy Bernard - The Secretary
- Christy Cabanne - One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain (as W. Christy Cabanne)
- Edward Dillon - At Soda Fountain
- Edna Foster - At Soda Fountain
- Robert Harron - At Soda Fountain
- Dell Henderson - In Office
- Grace Henderson - The Landlady
- Harry Hyde - One of the Son's Friends
- J. Jiquel Lanoe - At Soda Fountain
- Alfred Paget - In Office
- Gus Pixley - At Soda Fountain
- W. C. Robinson - At Soda Fountain
- Ynez Seabury - At Soda Fountain (as Inez Seabury)
- Kate Toncray - At Soda Fountain
See also
References
- ^ 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 April 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
- ^ "Silent Era: For His Son". silentera. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
External links
- For His Son at IMDb
- For His Son on YouTube
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