Scarlet Days
(1919) American
B&W : Seven reels / 6916 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Clarine Seymour, Eugenie Besserer, Carol Dempster, Ralph Graves, Walter Long, George Fawcett, Kate Bruce, Rhea Haines, Adolph Lestina (Adolphe Lestina), Herbert Sutch, J. Westley Warner

D.W. Griffith production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Pictures]. / Produced by D.W. Griffith. Scenario by Stanner E.V. Taylor, from a story by Stanner E.V. Taylor. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. Edited by James Smith. Presented by D.W. Griffith. / © 24 October 1919 by D.W. Griffith [LP14367]. Premiere 9 November 1919 at the Rivoli Theatre in New York, New York. Released 30 November 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3872.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Keywords: Criminals: Bandits - Families: Mother-daughter relationships - Mexicans - Police: Sheriffs, Posses - USA: California - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 27 September 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3872; Barry-Griffith pp. 29, 59, 61; Everson-American p. 167; Katchmer-Eighty pp. 17, 20; Sinyard-Silent p. 90; Weaver-Twenty p. 50 : ClasIm-224 p. 38.