A Beast at Bay

The Full Film
1912 American film
  • May 27, 1912 (1912-05-27)
Running time
17 minutes
(2 reels)CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent

A Beast at Bay is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Preserved in paper print form at the Library of Congress.[1]

This film is in the Public Domain

Plot

A young woman believes her boyfriend is cowardly after he backs down from an argument, but when the she is kidnapped, her boyfriend rescues her and she changes her mind.

Cast

  • Mary Pickford – The Young Woman
  • Edwin August – The Young Woman's Ideal
  • Alfred Paget – The Convict
  • Mae Marsh – The Young Woman's Friend

Rest of cast

  • Elmer Booth – unconfirmed
  • Christy Cabanne – Station Master
  • William A. Carroll – Guard
  • Francis J. Grandon – unconfirmed
  • Robert Harron – A Farmer
  • J. Jiquel Lanoe – At Station
  • Henry Lehrman – A Guard
  • Charles Hill Mailes – Guard
  • Marguerite Marsh – (*billed Marguerite Loveridge)
  • Lottie Pickford – unconfirmed
  • W. C. Robinson – Guard

References

  1. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.13 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

External links

  • A Beast at Bay at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • synopsis at AllMovie
  • A Beast at Bay available for free download at Internet Archive
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