The Sands of Dee
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Film still | |
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Charles Kingsley (poem) |
| Produced by | Biograph Company |
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| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Sands of Dee is a 1912 American short silent drama 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
- Mae Marsh as Mary
- Robert Harron as Bobby
- Charles Hill Mailes as Mary's father
- Grace Henderson as Mary's mother
- Kate Toncray as Bobby's mother
- Edwin August as The artist
- Claire McDowell as The artist's fiancée
- Spottiswoode Aitken
- Wilfred Lucas
- W. Chrystie Miller as A fisherman
- Frank Opperman as A fisherman
- Vivian Prescott
See also
References
- ^ "Silent Era: The Sands of Dee". Silent Era. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress. The American Film Institute. 1978. p. unknown.