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Barbara Frietchie (1924 film)

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1924 film

Barbara Frietchie
1924 film poster
Directed byLambert Hillyer
Written byLambert Hillyer
Agnes Christine Johnston
Based onBarbara Frietchie
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byRegal Pictures
??and/or W. W. Hodkinson
StarringFlorence Vidor
Edmund Lowe
CinematographyHenry Sharp (*French, German)
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • September 26, 1924 (1924-09-26)
Running time85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 American silent war drama film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War. It is based on the play of the same name by Clyde Fitch that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie. There were two silent film versions, a 1915 version and 1924 version. The 1915 version, directed by Herbert Blaché, starred Mary Miles Minter and Anna Q. Nilsson. The 1924 version, directed by Lambert Hillyer, starred Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe.

Barbara Frietchie publicity photo with Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe

Lydia Knott, mother of director Hillyer and a well known character actress in her own right, appears quite prominently in this film as a member of the Frietchie family but for some reason she is uncredited.

Cast

Preservation

Copies of Barbara Frietchie are held by Library and Archives Canada, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.

See also

References

  1. Barbara Frietchie as produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Criterion Theatre, October 23, 1899 to January 1900; IBDb.com
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Barbara Frietchie at silentera.com
  3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Barbara Frietchie

External links

Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s


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