Friends (1912 film)

Friends
Henry B. Walthall and Mary Pickford
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 dates	September 23, 1912 (1912-09-23)
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 Friends was run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph retrospective.^[5]

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

↑ D. W. Griffith, American film master. Museum of Modern Art. 1965. p. 43.
↑ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
↑ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
↑ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
↑ "Mary Pickford". noirestyle. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-05.

Films directed by D. W. Griffith

1908–1913	Hundreds – see complete D. W. Griffith filmography

1914–1916	Waifs The Massacre Judith of Bethulia Battle of the Sexes (lost) Brute Force Home, Sweet Home The Escape (lost) The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' The Birth of a Nation A Day with Governor Whitman Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1917–1919	A Liberty Bond Appeal (lost) Hearts of the World The Great Love (lost) Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (lost) The World of Columbus The Greatest Thing in Life (lost) A Romance of Happy Valley The Girl Who Stayed at Home Broken Blossoms True Heart Susie The Fall of Babylon The Mother and the Law Scarlet Days The Greatest Question

1920–1931	The Idol Dancer Remodeling Her Husband The Love Flower Way Down East Dream Street Orphans of the Storm One Exciting Night Mammy's Boy The White Rose America Isn't Life Wonderful Sally of the Sawdust That Royle Girl The Sorrows of Satan Topsy and Eva Drums of Love The Battle of the Sexes Lady of the Pavements Abraham Lincoln The Struggle

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