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The Transformation of Mike
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Wilfred Lucas [Mike], Blanche Sweet [the tenement girl], Edna Foster [her brother], William J. Butler [the tenement father], Max Davidson [the landlord], Kate Bruce [a neighbor], John T. Dillon [a policeman; and a man at the dance], Frank Evans [a policeman], Robert Harron [a man at the dance], Grace Henderson [a woman at the dance], Gus Pixley [a man at the dance], J. Jiquel Lanoe [a man at the dance; and a man in the bar], Joseph McDermott [a man at the dance; and a man in the bar], W.C. Robinson [a man at the dance; and a man in the bar], W. Christy Cabanne [a man in the bar]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 1 February 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children - Crime: Theft - Dances - Dumbwaiters - Escapes - Families: Mothers: Single - Fights: Fist - Jealousy - Lock-picking - Mashers - Money - Musical instruments: Pianos - Policemen - Rejection - Smoke - Stoves - Tobacco: Cigarettes, Pipes - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 8 September 2013.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 43; Drew-Speaking p. 285; Spehr-American p. 4.
Home video: DVD.
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