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Mae Marsh (right).
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
AKA The Battle of Elderbush Gulch in the USA : {The Battle of Elderberry Gulch}
(1914) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Mae Marsh [Sally Cameron], Lillian Gish [Melissa Harlow], Robert Harron [Mr. Harlow, her husband], Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Alfred Paget, Vergie Clarke, Henry B. Walthall, W. Chrystie Miller [settler], Elmo Lincoln [extra], Elmer Booth, Harry Carey, Dell Henderson, William A. Carroll, W.C. Robinson, [?] Blanche Sweet?, [?] Lionel Barrymore?
Biograph Company production; distributed by General Film Company. / Scenario by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 1 July 1913 by Biograph Company [LU893]. © 15 July 1913 by Biograph Company [LP1807]. Released 28 March 1914. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / The production was shot on-location in 1913 near San Fernando, California. The film was reedited and retitled by M.G. Cohn and J.F. Natteford, rereleased by Aywon Film Corporation, and presented by Nathan Hirsh.
Drama: Western.
Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs (Puppies), Horses - Attacks - Baskets - Children: Babies, Infants - Death - Families: Mothers (Distraught) - Fires - Log cabins - Mexicans - Native Americans - Quilts - Prayers - Rescues - Revenge - Soldiers - Street scenes - Teepees - Trap doors - Troops - Trunks - USA: California: San Fernando - Weapons: Guns, Knives, Rifles
Listing updated: 18 October 2007.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 43; Brownlow-Parade p. 56; Everson-American pp. 45-46, 72-74, 369; Fell-History pp. 56, 59, 63; Kerr-Silent p. 8; Kobal-Fifty p. 15; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 146; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 48; McCaffrey-Guide p. 6; Niver-Early p. 25; Niver-First pp. 163, 164; Spehr-American p. 1; Weaver-Twenty p. 145.
Home Video: DVD.
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