| 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 |
Friends is a 1912 film written and directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey.[1] Walthall and Barrymore portray two old friends who each wind up involved with a beautiful girl (Pickford) who lives above a mining camp saloon
The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[2][3][4] A print of was run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph retrospective.[5]
Contents |
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