A Flash of Light
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A Flash of Light is a 1910 short silent
drama film
directed by D. W. Griffith
, starring Charles West
and featuring Mary Pickford
and Blanche Sweet.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera...
, starring Charles West
Charles West (actor)
Charles West was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 303 films between 1908 and 1937.He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
and featuring Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
and Blanche Sweet.
Cast
- Charles WestCharles West (actor)Charles West was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 303 films between 1908 and 1937.He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- John Rogers - Vivian PrescottVivian PrescottVivian Prescott was an American actress. She appeared in 202 films between 1909 and 1917.-External links:...
- Belle - Stephanie LongfellowStephanie LongfellowStephanie Longfellow was an American actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1909 and 1911.-External links:...
- The Older Sister - Verner ClargesVerner ClargesVerner Clarges was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 62 films between 1909 and 1912.He died in New York, New York.-Selected filmography:* The Punishment * The Lonedale Operator...
- The Father - Joseph GraybillJoseph GraybillJoseph Graybill was an American silent film actor. He appeared in several films directed by D.W. Griffith.Graybill joined the Biograph Company around 1909 in New York City. By 1910 Griffith was the main director...
- Horace Dooley - Dorothy BernardDorothy BernardDorothy Bernard was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 87 films between 1908 and 1956.She was born Nora Dorothy Bernard in Port Elizabeth, South Africa to William H Bernard and Roy Elizabeth Ayrd. Her father was from Auckland, New Zealand, and her mother was born in Sligo,...
- William J. ButlerWilliam J. ButlerWilliam J. Butler was an Irish silent film actor. He appeared in 262 films between 1908 and 1917.Butler, an Irish immigrant to the United States, moved his family from Ohio to Hollywood, California, in 1908. At the age of 48, he wanted to get involved in a new industry called motion pictures. He...
- A Doctor - Charles Craig - Wedding Guest
- Edward Dillon - At First Party
- John T. Dillon - At First Party / At Second Party (as Jack Dillon)
- Ruth HartRuth HartRuth Hart , was an American actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1909 and 1938.She died in New York, New York, USA.-External links:...
- At Second Party - Guy Hedlund - At First Party / At Second Party
- Grace HendersonGrace HendersonGrace Henderson was a stage actress and prolific performer in silent motion pictures. She made her professional debut at McKiver's Theatre in Chicago, Illinois in 1877....
- Visitor - Henry LehrmanHenry LehrmanHenry Lehrman was an American actor, screenwriter and film director and producer.Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Lehrman emigrated to the United States at a young age and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production...
- At Second Party (unconfirmed) - Jeanie MacphersonJeanie MacPhersonJeanie MacPherson was a silent film actress from 1908 to 1917 and a film screenwriter through the 1940s....
- Claire McDowellClaire McDowellClaire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films she appeared in numerous short & early feature films. She graduated to playing character and mother types...
- At First Party - George NicholsGeorge Nichols (actor)George Nichols was an American actor and director. He appeared in 221 films between 1908 and 1928. He also directed 103 films between 1911 and 1916.He was born in Rockford, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California....
- A Doctor - Anthony O'SullivanAnthony O'SullivanAnthony O'Sullivan was an American silent film actor and director. He appeared in 163 films between 1906 and 1918. He also directed 35 films between 1913 and 1915...
- A Servant - Alfred PagetAlfred PagetAlfred Paget was an English silent film actor. He appeared in 239 films between 1908 and 1918.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
- Wedding Guest - Mary PickfordMary PickfordMary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
- Gertrude RobinsonGertrude RobinsonGertrude Robinson was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 164 films between 1908 and 1925...
- Wedding Guest - W. C. RobinsonW. C. RobinsonW. C. Robinson was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 177 films between 1910 and 1932. He died in Maywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Daredevil Jack * Brute Force * Judith of Bethulia...
- A Servant - Mack SennettMack SennettMack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...
- Wedding Guest - George SiegmannGeorge SiegmannGeorge Siegmann was an American actor in the silent film era. His more notable roles include Silas Lynch in Griffith's Birth of A Nation , the guard in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary, Porthos in The Three Musketeers , Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist , and Dr...
- Wedding Guest - Blanche Sweet
- Kate ToncrayKate ToncrayKate Toncray was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 178 films between 1905 and 1925. She was born in St...
- A Servant - Dorothy West - At First Party
See also
- List of American films of 1910
- D. W. Griffith filmographyD. W. Griffith filmographyThese are the films directed by the pioneering American filmmaker D. W. Griffith . According to the Internet Movie Database, he directed 534 films between 1908 and 1931.----...
- Mary Pickford filmographyMary Pickford filmographyMary Pickford was a Canadian motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweetheart"....
- Blanche Sweet filmographyBlanche Sweet filmographyThis is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959.----1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later films - References-----1909:...