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Primal call

Title
Primal call [motion picture] / Biograph.
Publication
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1911.

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Additional Authors
  • Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
  • Biograph Company.
Description
1 film reel (15 min.) : sd. col.; 16 mm.
Summary
A Biograph comedy, reminiscent of D.H. Lawrence but with a lighter touch, about a strong-willed society woman who falls in love with a powerful laborer whose domination she craves. The comedy arises from their personality clashes and the small details which enrich Griffith's films.
Subjects
Credits (note)
  • Director, D.W. Griffith; screenplay, Emmett Campbell Hall; photography, Billy Bitzer.
Performer (note)
  • Wilfred Lucas, Clair McDowell, Blanche Sweet, Donald Crisp, Frank Grandin, Vivian Prescott, Florence La Badie.
Title
Primal call [motion picture] / Biograph.
Imprint
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1911.
Credits
Director, D.W. Griffith; screenplay, Emmett Campbell Hall; photography, Billy Bitzer.
Cast
Wilfred Lucas, Clair McDowell, Blanche Sweet, Donald Crisp, Frank Grandin, Vivian Prescott, Florence La Badie.
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Added Author
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
Biograph Company.
Branch Call Number
M16 A-393 P
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