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The Sands of Dee
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Wikipedia article
'The Sands of Dee' is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SandsOfDee1912.html 'The Sands of Dee' at silentera.com]
Paper print held at Library of Congress.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) c.1978 by the American Film Institute
The film is used in the opening scene of the 1946 psychological horror film 'The Spiral Staircase' in a recreation of early film exhibition. 'The Spiral Staircase' is set in 1906, making the appearance of this 1912 film anachronistic.
Cast
*Mae Marsh - Mary
*Robert Harron - Bobby
*Charles Hill Mailes - Mary's father
*Grace Henderson - Mary's mother
*Kate Toncray - Bobby's mother
*Edwin August - The artist
*Claire McDowell - The artist's fiance
'supporting cast'
*Spottiswoode Aitken
*Wilfred Lucas
*W. Chrystie Miller - A fisherman
*Frank Opperman - A fisherman
*Vivian Prescott
References
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