For His Son
For His Son | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Emmett C. Hall |
Starring |
Blanche Sweet Charles West |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
Release date |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
For His Son is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when Biograph Company and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives today.
Cast
- Charles Hill Mailes as The Father, a Physician
- Charles West as The Son
- Blanche Sweet as The Son's Fiancée
- William Bechtel as In Office
- Dorothy Bernard as The Secretary
- W. Christy Cabanne as One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain
- Edward Dillon as At Soda Fountain
- Edna Foster as At Soda Fountain
- Robert Harron as At Soda Fountain
- Dell Henderson as In Office
- Grace Henderson as The Landlady
- Harry Hyde as One of the Son's Friends
- J. Jiquel Lanoe as At Soda Fountain
- Alfred Paget as In Office
- Gus Pixley as At Soda Fountain
- W. C. Robinson as At Soda Fountain
- Ynez Seabury as At Soda Fountain (as Inez Seabury)
- Kate Toncray as At Soda Fountain