The Sands of Dee

1912 American film
  • July 22, 1912 (1912-07-22)
Running time
17 minutesCountryUSALanguageSilent..English titles

The Sands of Dee is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company.[1]

Paper print held at Library of Congress.[2]

The film is used in the opening scene of the 1946 psychological horror film The Spiral Staircase in a recreation of early film exhibition. The Spiral Staircase is set in 1906, making the appearance of this 1912 film anachronistic.

Cast

  • Mae Marsh - Mary
  • Robert Harron - Bobby
  • Charles Hill Mailes - Mary's father
  • Grace Henderson - Mary's mother
  • Kate Toncray - Bobby's mother
  • Edwin August - The artist
  • Claire McDowell - The artist's fiancée

supporting cast

  • Spottiswoode Aitken
  • Wilfred Lucas
  • W. Chrystie Miller - A fisherman
  • Frank Opperman - A fisherman
  • Vivian Prescott

References

  1. ^ The Sands of Dee at silentera.com
  2. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) c.1978 by the American Film Institute

External links

  • The Sands of Dee at IMDb.com
  • synopsis at AllMovie
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