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The Sands of Dee
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Mae Marsh [Mary], Robert Harron [Bobby], Charles Hill Mailes [Mary’s father], Grace Henderson [Mary’s mother], Kate Toncray [Bobby’s mother], Edwin August [the artist], Claire McDowell [the artist’s fiancée], W. Chrystie Miller [a fisherman], Frank Opperman [a fisherman], Gladys Egan

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From the poem “Sand o’ Dee” by Charles Kingsley. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 23 July 1912 by Biograph Company [J171536]. Released 22 July 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA by The General Film Company, Incorporated, in 1915.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Niver-Early p. 286.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA: California: Corona del Mar - USA: California: Long Beach - USA: California: Newport Beach

Listing updated: 10 October 2023.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Brownlow-Parade p. 124; Cooper-Dark p. 59; Everson-American p. 48; Eyman-Pickford p. 64; Niver-Early p. 286; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.