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Death's marathon

Title
Death's marathon [motion picture] / Biograph Company.
Publication
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1913.

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C.1 REEL 1 OF 1Moving imageBy appointment only M16 A-384 D C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 C.1 REEL 1 OF 1Offsite

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Additional Authors
  • Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
  • Biograph Company.
Description
1 film reel (15 min.) : si. b&w.; 16 mm.
Summary
Blanche Sweet stars in this late Biograph drama as the wife of a man about to commit suicide. The film is characterized by suspenseful editing; the close-up of Walthall fondling his revolver reveals the psychological intensity basic to Griffith's later Biograph films.
Subject
  • Melodrama
  • Silent films
Credits (note)
  • Director, D. W. Griffith; photographer, Billy Bitzer.
Performer (note)
  • Blanche Sweet, Lionel Barrymore, Henry B. Walthall.
Title
Death's marathon [motion picture] / Biograph Company.
Imprint
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1913.
Credits
Director, D. W. Griffith; photographer, Billy Bitzer.
Cast
Blanche Sweet, Lionel Barrymore, Henry B. Walthall.
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Added Author
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, film director.
Biograph Company.
Branch Call Number
M16 A-384 D
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