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The Star of Bethlehem
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Lawrence Marston
Cast: Florence La Badie [Mary], James Cruze [Micah; and Joseph], William Russell [King Herod], Harry Benham [Angel Gabriel], Justus D. Barnes [Gaspar], Charles Horan [Melchior], Riley Chamberlin [Balthasar], Harry Marks [a scribe], N.S. Woods [a scribe], Lawrence Merton [a scribe], David H. Thompson [Pharisee; and a rabbi], Lew Woods [Pharisee; and a scribe], Joseph Graybill [the Roman messenger], Carl Le Viness [a shepherd], Frank Grimmer [a shepherd], Ethyle Cooke
Thanhouser Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan. Production supervised by Edwin Thanhouser. / No copyright registration. Released 24 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The original negatives of this film were destroyed in the Thanhouser studio fire in 1913.
Drama: Historical-Religious.
Survival status: Prints exist in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [incomplete (abridged one-reel version)]; and in the film holdings of John E. Allen, Incorporated.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 October 2013.
References: Blum-Silent p. 27; Slide-Aspects p. vii; Tarbox-Lost p. 130 : Website-Thanhouser.
Home video: DVD.
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