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The Musketeers
of Pig Alley

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

Cast: Elmer Booth [The Snapper Kid’], Lillian Gish [the little lady], Walter Miller [the musician], Alfred Paget [the rival gang leader], Harry Carey [‘The Snapper Kid’s’ lieutenant], Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon) [a policeman], Clara T. Bracy [the little lady’s mother], Madge Kirby [the little lady’s friend], Antonio Moreno [a gang member], Robert Harron [a rival gang member], Jack Pickford [a rival gang member], W.C. Robinson [a rival gang member], Donald Crisp [a rival gang member], Adolph Lestina (Adolphe Lestina) [the bartender], Lionel Barrymore [the musician’s friend], Dorothy Gish [a woman on the street], Gertrude Norman [an old woman], Gertrude Bambrick [a dance attendee], Kathleen Butler [a dance attendee], Christy Cabanne [a dance attendee], Frank Evans [a dance attendee], Walter P. Lewis [a dance attendee], Marie Newton [a dance attendee], J. Waltham

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Anita Loos and D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 1912 by Biograph Company. Released 31 October 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Criminals: Gangs, Gangsters - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Street scenes - USA: New York: New York - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 18 September 2023.

References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith pp. 14, 16, 43, 74; Blum-Silent p. 33; Bohn-Light pp. 52, 110; Bondanella-Hollywood p. 21; Brownlow-Parade p. 22; Everson-American pp. 51, 227-228, 368; Everson-Detective p. 109; Fell-History p. 56; Nollen-Karloff p. 215; Parish-Gangster pp. 1, 211, 282-283; Robinson-Palace p. 130; Shipman-Cinema p. 48; Sinyard-Silent p. 23; Sloan-Loud pp. 47, 49-50, 150; Spehr-American p. 3; Tarbox-Lost p. 106; Weaver-Twenty pp. 144, 145 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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