Friends (1912 film)

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Friends
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith
Starring	Mary Pickford Henry B. Walthall Lionel Barrymore Harry Carey
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	Biograph
Release date(s)	1912
Running time	13 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
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Friends is a 1912 film written and directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey. Walthall and Barrymore portray two old friends who each wind up involved with a beautiful girl (Pickford) who lives above a mining camp saloon.

A print of the film was run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July of 2007 as part of a Biograph studio retrospective.

[edit] Cast

Mary Pickford ... Dora (the orphan)
Henry B. Walthall ... Dandy Jack
Lionel Barrymore ... Grizzley Fallon (Dandy Jack's friend)
Harry Carey ... Bob Kyne (the prospector)
Charles Hill Mailes ... The bartender
Elmer Booth ... Man in saloon
Frank Evans ... Man in saloon
Robert Harron ... Stableboy
Adolph Lestina ... Man in saloon
Walter Miller ... Man in saloon
W. C. Robinson ... Man in saloon