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Damon and Pythias
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Otis Turner
Cast: William Worthington [Damon], Herbert Rawlinson [Pythias], Cleo Madison [Hermione], Anna Little (Ann Little) [Calanthe], Frank Lloyd [Dionysius], Miss Wright (Helen Wright) [Arria], Chandler House [son of Damon], H. Davenport (Harry Davenport) [Phillistus], H.B. Worne (Duke Worne) [Luculus], Edgar Keller [Democles], Bruce Mitchell [Perocles], William Lloyd [a man in the garden], [?] Lon Chaney? [the wild man], [?] Carmen Phillips?, [?] Harold Lloyd?, [?] Hal Roach?
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Allan Dwan, from a screen story by James Dayton and Ruth Ann Baldwin. Set decoration by Frank Ormston and John Coakley. Cinematography by Albert Warren Kelsey. / Premiered [?] 23 or 30? November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Reputedly the first film produced at the Universal City studios.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Ancient Greece: Athens (Acropolis) - Friendship - Sicily: Syracuse
Listing updated: 11 December 2024.
References: Edmonds-BigU pp. 46, 48, 135; Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 12, 16; Tarbox-Lost pp. 231, 235 : ClasIm-204 p. 14 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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