Lena and the Geese
(1912) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Mary Pickford [Lena], Jacque Lenor (J. Jiquel Lanoe) [her sweetheart], Kate Bruce [Gretchen], Mae Marsh [the ‘adopted’ daughter], Edwin August [Lena’s father], Claire McDowell [Lena’s mother], W. Chrystie Miller [a courtier], Grace Henderson [a noblewoman], W. Christy Cabanne [a nobleman], William A. Carroll [a nobleman], Harry Hyde [a nobleman], Charles Hill Mailes [a nobleman], Alfred Paget [a nobleman], Frank Opperman [a nobleman; and a servant], W.C. Robinson [a servant], Charles West [a servant], Wilfred Lucas, Lottie Pickford

Biograph Company production; distributed by General Film Company. / From the story “The Goose Girl” by Mary Pickford. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 17 June 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Pickford’s original story entitled “The Goose Girl” was sold to Biograph on 26 September 1910, and was not produced until this film was made.

Drama: Romance.

Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [8mm reduction positives].

Listing updated: 25 April 2007.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Brownlow-Parade p. 124; Eyman-Pickford pp. 50, 62, 63, 326; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.