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A Cry for Help
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Claire McDowell, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Walter Miller, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey, Kate Bruce

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edward Acker. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 23 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 April 2023.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 1; Weaver-Twenty pp. 144, 145.