Two Men of the Desert
Appearance
| Two Men of the Desert | |
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| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by |
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| Based on | |
| Starring | Blanche Sweet |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Two Men of the Desert (also known as Two Men on the Desert and Two Men in a Desert) is a 1913 American short silent Western film written and directed by D. W. Griffith.[1] Based on a story by Jack London, the film was shot on location in Death Valley.[1][2] Two Men of the Desert is now presumed lost.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Blanche Sweet as the authoress
- Henry B. Walthall as first partner
- Walter Miller as second partner
- Alfred Paget as an Indian
- Jennie Lee as old Indian woman
- Harry Carey
- Donald Crisp
- Charles Hill Mailes
- Mae Marsh
- Marshall Neilan
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: Two Men of the Desert". Silent Era. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ↑ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide To Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 473. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
- ↑ Simmon, Scott (1993). The Films of D. W. Griffith. CUP Archive. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-521-38820-7.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1913 films
- 1913 American films
- 1913 English-language films
- 1913 lost films
- 1913 short films
- 1913 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent Western (genre) short films
- Biograph Company films
- English-language Western (genre) short films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on works by Jack London
- Films shot in California
- Films with screenplays by D. W. Griffith
- Films with screenplays by Stanner E.V. Taylor
- Lost American silent short films
- Lost American silent Western (genre) films
- Lost Western (genre) short films
- Short films directed by D. W. Griffith
- 1910s American Western (genre) film stubs