The Rocky Road
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The Rocky Road is a 1910 short silent
drama film
directed by D. W. Griffith
and starring Frank Powell
. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress
and the Museum of Modern Art
.
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...
and starring Frank Powell
Frank Powell
Frank E. Powell was a stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director in the United States. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Powell made his Broadway theatre debut in 1904 and began his career in film in 1909 as an actor and scriptwriter at Biograph Studios. There, he also...
. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
and the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
.
Cast
- Frank PowellFrank PowellFrank E. Powell was a stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director in the United States. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Powell made his Broadway theatre debut in 1904 and began his career in film in 1909 as an actor and scriptwriter at Biograph Studios. There, he also...
- Ben - Stephanie LongfellowStephanie LongfellowStephanie Longfellow was an American actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1909 and 1911.-External links:...
- Ben's Wife - 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....
- The Farmer - Linda ArvidsonLinda Arvidson-Biography:Linda Arvidson was the first wife of film director D.W. Griffith . She played lead roles in many of his earliest films. While acting, she was sometimes credited as Linda Griffith...
- Kate BruceKate BruceKate Bruce was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 289 films between 1908 and 1931.She was born in Columbus, Indiana and died in New York, New York.-Selected filmography:* The Golden Louis...
- The Maid - Charles Craig - A Farmhand / At Church
- Adele DeGarde
- Gladys EganGladys EganGladys Egan was an American child actress during the silent film era. She appeared in 104 films, including many productions by D. W. Griffith, between 1908 and 1914.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
- At Church - Frank EvansFrank Evans (actor)Frank Evans was an American actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1908 and 1927.-External links:...
- In Bar - Edith HaldemanEdith HaldemanEdith Haldeman was an American child actress of the early silent film era. She appeared in 36 films between 1909 and 1916.-External links:...
- The Daughter, as a Child - James KirkwoodJames Kirkwood, Sr.James Kirkwood, Sr. was an American actor and director....
- The Best Man - 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...
- Outside Bar - Marion LeonardMarion LeonardMarion Leonard was an American stage actress who became one of first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era. -Early career:...
- Wilfred LucasWilfred LucasWilfred Lucas was a Canadian stage and film actor, film director, and screenwriter.-Career:A native of Ontario, Canada, Lucas headed to New York City to work in the theater, making his Broadway acting debut in 1904 at the Savoy Theater in the production of The Superstition of Sue...
- W. Chrystie MillerW. Chrystie MillerW. Chrystie Miller was an American silent film actor. He appeared in 139 films between 1908 and 1914. He was born in Dayton, Ohio and died in Staten Island, New York.-Selected filmography:...
- The Minister - Owen MooreOwen MooreOwen Moore was an Irish-born actor in American films, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937.-Life and career:...
- 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...
- In Bar - Harry SolterHarry SolterHenry Lewis "Harry" Solter was an American silent film actor, screenwriter and director.-Career:Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florence Lawrence while making the film Romeo and Juliet for Vitagraph Studios and married on August 30...
- Blanche Sweet - The Daughter, at Eighteen
- J. WalthamJ. WalthamJ. Waltham was an American actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1909 and 1913.-External links:...
- In Bar - Dorothy West - At Church (unconfirmed)