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Man’s Enemy
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Frank Powell

Cast: Lillian Gish, Franklin Ritchie, Vivian Prescott, Henry B. Walthall, Dorothy Gish, Hector V. Sarno, William Jefferson, Frank Newburg, Thornton Cole, Louise Orth, George Robinson

[?] Biograph Company production for Klaw & Erlanger?; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Marc Klaw and Abraham L. Erlanger. Scenario by Frank E. Woods, from a [?] play or a short story? by Eric Hudson and Charles H. Langdon. / © 8 May 1914 by [?] Klaw & Erlanger? [LP3038]. Released 1 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Weaver-Twenty p. 145 lists Dorothy Gish as a member of the cast.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive]; and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 May 2012.

References: Niver-Early pp. 199-200; Spehr-American p. 2; Weaver-Twenty p. 145 : Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.