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Mills of the Gods
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Wikipedia article
'The Mills of the Gods' is an American silent film. It was the first three-reel "feature" directed by Ralph Ince; production company Vitagraph entrusted him with this longer project after being impressed by his work on the two-reel 'Double Danger'.Fairservice, Don. 'Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice: Looking at the Invisible'. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press. p 112. Retrieved 27 October 2015
Cast
*L. Rogers Lytton as Lorenzo
*Leo Delaney as Miguel
*Rosemary Theby as Giulia
*Zena Keefe as Maria, Giulia's Sister
*George Cooper as Tano, an Instrument of Lorenzo's
*Tefft Johnson as Piche, Miguel's Brother
*Adele DeGarde as Rosa, Miguel's Daughter
*Harry Northrub as DeWaldis, Giulia's Lawyer
*Evelyn Dominicus as The She-Wolf
*Mrs. Maurice Costello as The Nurse
Release
'The Mills of the Gods' was released domestically on November 4, 1912.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368030/releaseinfo Internet Movie Database - Release Info], retrieved October 26, 2015 The novel by George P. Dillenback was reissued by Grosset & Dunlap in a hardcover printing featuring stills from the film.[https://archive.org/details/millsgods00dunlgoog The Mills of the Gods]. Internet Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2015
The film played in Rotterdam at the Parisien Theater from January 24 to 30, 1913, followed by a run at Amsterdam's Cinema Palace from February 28 to March 6.Blom, Ivo. 'Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade'. Amsterdam University Press. p 122. Retrieved 27 October 2015 At the same time, at least one print was working its way through New Zealand, where it played in Sydenham in late February,'[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19130226.2.88&srpos=41&e=-------100--1----0vitagraph-- Sydenham Pictures]'. The Press. Volume XLIX. Issue 14600. 26 February 1913. p 11. Retrieved 27 October 2015 in Whanganui in March,'[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WC19130317.2.61.3&srpos=4&e=-------100--1----0Mills+of+the+Gods-- Amusements]'. Wanganui Chronicle. Issue 12870. 17 March 1913. p 7. Retrieved 27 October 2015 and in North Otago in May.'[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NOT19130515.2.7&srpos=5&e=-------100--1----0Mills+of+the+Gods-- Hayward's Pictures]'. North Otago Times. 15 May 1913. p 1. Retrieved 27 October 2015
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