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As It Is In Life
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Wikipedia article
'As It Is In Life' is a 1910 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Mary Pickford appears in the film.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=38115 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'As It Is In Life']
The film is preserved from Library of Congress paper prints.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AsItIsInLife1910.html 'As It Is In Life' at silentera.com]
Plot
The film starts out with an intertitle stating, The Mother is Gone. The father who is named George Forrester works at a Pigeon Farm. The daughter is very lonely when her dad leaves for work. George brings his daughter to his work at the farm. George meets an old sweetheart, and they rekindle. Forrester lets the woman go for his daughter because he cant support a wife and child. Years pass and the daughter is all grown up now. The daughter tells her dad, she will never leave him. Forrester and his daughter go for a walk along the bridge on the beach and the farm where he works. A young man catches the eye of the daughter. Forrester tells his daughter that she must choose between him and the young man. She ended up choosing the young man and they get married. George doesnt go to wedding or visit the couple. The daughter and the young man have a child and she brought it to her father in hopes he will notice. The father is delighted to see the child and her and her father reunite.
Cast
*George Nichols - George Forrester
*Gladys Egan - George Forrester's Daughter as a young girl
*Mary Pickford - George Forrester's Daughter as a young woman
*Marion Leonard - George Forrester's Sweetheart
*Charles West - George Forrester's Son-in-Law
'other cast'
*Kate Bruce - The Maid
*William J. Butler -
*W. Chrystie Miller - Man
*Anthony O'Sullivan - Farm Worker
*Frank Opperman - Companion of Daughter's Husband
*Mack Sennett - Owner of a Pigeon Farm (unconfirmed)
Production
'As It Is In Life' production took place on February 22, 1910 and it was filmed at a pigeon farm in Edendale, CA which was the same place another Griffith film, 'A Rich Revenge' was filmed at.
See also
* List of American films of 1910
References
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