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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Maie B. Havey |
Starring | Blanche Sweet |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Smile of a Child (a.k.a. A Smile of a Child) is a 1911 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Blanche Sweet as The Peasant Woman
- Edwin August
- W. Chrystie Miller
- Baden Powell as The Child
Plot
[edit]The description of the film from trade journal The Moving Picture World was "Here is illustrated the influence of the smile of a child. It makes an ill-natured prince pleasant, and later saves its mother."[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Silent Era: The Smile of a Child". silentera. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
- ^ Moving Picture World (Jan-Jul 1911) p1387
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