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  • "A Beast at Bay" (1912) - hidden gem

    Robert Harron in A Beast at Bay 1912 director DW Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 00 

       Robert Harron


    Directed by               D. W. Griffith
    Produced by             Biograph Company
    Scenario by              D. W. Griffith        
    Starring                     Mary Pickford, Alfred Paget, Edwin August, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron
    Cinematography       Billy Bitzer
    Distributed by           The General Film Company, Incorporated
    Release date               May 27, 1912
    Running time             10 min.
    Country                      United States
    Language                    Silent film, English intertitles

     

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    "A Beast at Bay" is a short crime drama, included in our program to illustrate the work of two of our stars: actor Robert Harron and cinematographer Billy Bitzer.


    Mary Pickford meets her ideal man in Edwin August, but is quickly disappointed when he refuses to stand up to a bully.  Then after she is kidnapped her beau springs into action to save her.  Will she change her opinion about her man?


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    Mary Pickford and Edwin August in A Beast at Bay 1912 director DW Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 11a 

      Mary Pickford and Edwin August

     

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  • "The Little Tease" (1913) - hidden gem

    Robert Harron in The Little Tease 1913 director DW Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 09 

       Robert Harron


    Directed by               D. W. Griffith
    Produced by             Biograph Company
    Scenario by              D. W. Griffith        
    Starring                     Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Henry Walthall, W. Chrystie Miller
    Cinematography       Billy Bitzer
    Distributed by           The General Film Company, Incorporated
    Release date               April 12, 1913
    Running time             15 min.
    Country                      United States
    Language                    Silent film, English intertitles

     

    This film is part of our Silent Gems Collection and the DVD is available on Ebay. This film is on DVD "Robert Harron Rare Shorts".

    Update:
    You don't have to leave our website in order to obtain the films from our Silent Gems Collection. These gems are now available to our users in exchange for donation. For details click here.

     

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    "The Little Tease" is a short drama, included in our program to illustrate the work of two of our stars: actor Robert Harron and cinematographer Billy Bitzer.


    Mae Marsh is a frivolous mountain girl, whose admirer Robert Harron can't impress her with his attention. Eventually she meets and falls for Henry Walthall, an older valley man, and later elopes with him. However, when she sees him with another woman Mae Marsh abandons him.  Pride being too strong to go back home, she finds work as a waitress and stays in town. One day Robert Harron comes visiting and is surprised to meet Mae Marsh again.  Will she listen to him and return home?


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    Robert Harron and Mae Marsh in The Little Tease 1913 director DW Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 01 

       Mae Marsh and Robert Harron

     

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  • "The Reformers" (1913) - hidden gem

    Robert Harron and Mae Marsh in The Reformers 1913 director DW Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 000

       Mae Marsh and Robert Harron


    Directed by               D. W. Griffith
    Produced by             Biograph Company
    Scenario by              D. W. Griffith        
    Starring                     Charles Hill Mailes, Robert Harron,  Mae Marsh, Walter Miller, Jennie Lee, Kate Bruce
    Cinematography       Billy Bitzer
    Distributed by           The General Film Company, Incorporated
    Release date               July 6, 1913
    Running time             20 min.
    Country                      United States
    Language                    Silent film, English intertitles

     

    This film is part of our Silent Gems Collection and the DVD is available on Ebay. This film is on DVD "Robert Harron Rare Shorts". You can also obtain the films from our Silent Gems Collection as a reward for donation. For details click here.

     

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    "The Reformers" is a short drama, included in our program to illustrate the work of two of our stars: actor Robert Harron and cinematographer Billy Bitzer.


    A man joins the League of Civic Purity to reform society, but will he be able to rein his own household?


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    Robert Harron and Mae Marsh in The Reformers 1913 director DW Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 01 

       Mae Marsh and Robert Harron

     

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  • "The Sands of Dee" (1912) - hidden gem

    Robert Harron in The Sands of Dee 1912 00 

       Charles Hill Mailes and Robert Harron


    Directed by               D. W. Griffith
    Produced by             Biograph Company
    Scenario by              based on the poem by Charles Kingsley
    Starring                     Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Edwin August, Charles Hill Mailes
    Cinematography       Billy Bitzer
    Distributed by           The General Film Company, Incorporated
    Release date               July 22, 1912
    Running time             11 min.
    Country                      United States
    Language                    Silent film, English intertitles

     

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    "The Sands of Dee" is a short drama, included in our program to illustrate the work of two of our stars: actor Robert Harron and cinematographer Billy Bitzer.


    Mae Marsh and Robert Harron have a romance, but she unexpectedly falls for a city artist's charms. However, when she sees him with another woman Mae Marsh returns home only to be turned away by her father. 


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    Robert Harron in The Sands of Dee 1912 18 

       Robert Harron

     

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