Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Linda Arvidson [Emily], George Nichols [Joe], James Kirkwood [Bill], Kate Bruce [the mother], Marion Leonard [the second wife], Dorothy West [the second wife’s friend], Frank Powell [the doctor], Frank Evans [a fisherman at the first port], Anthony O’Sullivan [a fisherman at the first port], Mack Sennett [a fisherman at the first port], Owen Moore [a fisherman at the second port], Harriet Quimby [a fishermaiden], William A. Quirk (Billy Quirk) [the man in the first couple], Gertrude Robinson [the woman in the first couple], Mary Pickford [the woman in the second couple], Dell Henderson, Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Jeanie Macpherson, Charles West, [?] Kathlyn Williams?
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by [?] Stanner E.V. Taylor and/or D.W. Griffith? Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 28 October 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith pp. 12, 41; Everson-American pp. 35, 48; Eyman-Pickford p. 324; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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