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Film, Video An Indian summer

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Title

  • An Indian summer

Summary

  • An elderly widower takes lodgings at a seaside boarding house owned by a widow and her daughter. Attracted to the widow, but self-conscious about his thinning hair, the widower writes a letter to inquire about a hair restoring tonic. He hides the response, and the widow thinks he is corresponding with another woman. She decides to make him jealous by framing a magazine photo of another man. One day, at the beach, the widow and widower are both marooned on a rock by the rising tide. The widow steals a look at the letter and realizes her mistake. After they are rescued, they return to the boarding house, where the she lovingly rubs the hair tonic onto his head.

Names

  • Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, direction
  • Hennessy, George (Motion picture scenarist) writing
  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • Miller, W. Christy, 1843-1922, cast
  • Bruce, Kate, 1858-1946, cast
  • Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979, cast
  • Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968, cast
  • Hyde, Harry, cast
  • Pickford, Jack, 1896-1933, cast
  • Toncray, Kate, 1880-1927, cast
  • Opperman, Frank, 1861-1922, cast
  • Biograph Company
  • General Film Company
  • Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : General Film Company, 1912.

Headings

  • -  Love in old age--Humor
  • -  Widows--Humor
  • -  Widowers--Humor
  • -  Tonics (Medicinal preparations)--Humor
  • -  Hair growth stimulants--Humor

Genre

  • Romantic comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  J171149 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Biograph Co.; 12July1912; J171149.
  • -  W. Chrystie Miller, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Mae Marsh, Harry Hyde, Jack Pickford, Kate Toncray, Frank Opperman, Bert Hendler.
  • -  Camera, G.W. Bitzer.
  • -  Photographed in California in about April, 1912.
  • -  Parts of summary from The Griffith project, v. 6.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2515) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Not viewed.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 158; The Griffith project, v. 6, p. 81-82, program sequence no. 416; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1908-1912, p. 419; Christel Schmidt's The Search for a Film Legacy: Mary Pickford (1909-1933) WWW site, viewed April 20, 2015; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed December 7, 2015.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 11 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (413 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (413 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 1,000 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5485 (viewing print)
  • FRA 6430 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0481A (paper pos)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015600164

Access Advisory

  • Restricted: video files available on-site only. Access by appointment.

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Hennessy, George Writing, G. W Bitzer, W. Christy Miller, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Mae Marsh, Harry Hyde, et al. An Indian summer. directeds by Griffith, D. W. , Ection United States: General Film Company, 1912. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015600164/.

APA citation style:

Hennessy, G. W., Bitzer, G. W., Miller, W. C., Bruce, K., Pickford, M., Marsh, M. [...] Paper Print Collection. (1912) An Indian summer. Griffith, D. W., dir United States: General Film Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015600164/.

MLA citation style:

Hennessy, George Writing, et al. An Indian summer. dir by Griffith, D. W. , Ection United States: General Film Company, 1912. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015600164/>.