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

Cast: Lillian Gish [the older sister], Dorothy Gish [the younger sister], Elmer Booth [the brother], Robert Harron [the friend], Harry Carey [the thief], Grace Henderson [the slattern maid, the thief’s accomplice], Walter Miller [the brother’s friend, the car owner], Adolph Lestina [a man in the boarding house], Antonio Moreno [a man on the bridge], Charles Hill Mailes, Wallace Reid, Henry B. Walthall

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edward Acker. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 9 September 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The Gish’s first starring film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Alcohol: Drunkeness, Drunks - Weapons: Guns, Pistols

Listing updated: 18 September 2023.

References: Barry-Griffith pp. 14, 16, 43; Blum-Silent pp. 32, 33; Brownlow-Parade pp. 22, 23; Everson-American pp. 51, 368; Mottram-Danish p. 123; Spehr-American p. 4; Vermilye-Twenties p. 55; Weaver-Twenty pp. 144, 145 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.