The Sands of Dee
Appearance
The Sands of Dee | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Charles Kingsley (poem) |
Produced by | Biograph Company |
Starring | Mae Marsh Robert Harron Charles Hill Mailes |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
Country | USA |
Language | Silent..English titles |
The Sands of Dee is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company.[1]
A paper print is held at the Library of Congress.[2]
The film is used in the opening scene of the 1946 psychological horror film The Spiral Staircase in a recreation of early film exhibition. The Spiral Staircase is set in 1906, making the appearance of this 1912 film anachronistic.
Cast
[edit]- Mae Marsh - Mary
- Robert Harron - Bobby
- Charles Hill Mailes - Mary's father
- Grace Henderson - Mary's mother
- Kate Toncray - Bobby's mother
- Edwin August - The artist
- Claire McDowell - The artist's fiancée
supporting cast
- Spottiswoode Aitken
- Wilfred Lucas
- W. Chrystie Miller - A fisherman
- Frank Opperman - A fisherman
- Vivian Prescott
References
[edit]- ^ The Sands of Dee at silentera.com
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) c.1978 by the American Film Institute
External links
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Categories:
- 1912 films
- 1912 short films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent short films
- Biograph Company films
- Films based on works by Charles Kingsley
- Films directed by D. W. Griffith
- Surviving American silent films
- English-language short films
- Short silent film stubs