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Death’s Marathon
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Blanche Sweet [the wife], Henry B. Walthall [the husband], Walter Miller [the friend, the husband’s partner], Lionel Barrymore [the financial banker], Kate Bruce [the nanny], Robert Harron [the messenger], Harry Hyde [the husband’s friend at the club], Alfred Paget [an attendant at the club], William J. Butler [a club patron], J. Jiquel Lanoe [a club patron], Adolph Lestina [a club patron], W.C. Robinson [a club patron], [?] ? [the maid]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 14 June 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in April 1913 at the Biograph studios in Los Angeles, California.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 8mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children: Babies - Clubs (Private) - Communication: Telephones - Currency - Death: Suicide - Debt - Gambling - Offices - Playing cards - Safes - Tobacco: Cigars, Cigarettes - Transportation: Automobiles - Weapons: Guns (Revolvers)
Listing updated: 5 March 2024.
References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith pp. 37, 43; Drew-Speaking pp. 222, 286; Leyda-Before p. 15; Robinson-Palace p. 127; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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