| Barbara Frietchie | |
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 1924 film poster | |
| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Written by | Lambert Hillyer Agnes Christine Johnston |
| Based on | Barbara Frietchie byClyde Fitch |
| Produced by | Regal Pictures ??and/orW. W. Hodkinson |
| Starring | Florence Vidor Edmund Lowe |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp (*French,German) |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 Americansilentwar drama film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during theAmerican Civil War. It is based on the play of the same name byClyde Fitch that had starredJulia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story ofBarbara Fritchie. There were two silent film versions, a1915 version and 1924 version. The 1915 version, directed byHerbert Blaché, starredMary Miles Minter andAnna Q. Nilsson. The 1924 version, filmed at Ince Studio nowCulver Studios and directed byLambert Hillyer, it starredFlorence Vidor andEdmund Lowe.[1][2]
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Lydia Knott, mother of director Hillyer and a well known character actress in her own right, appears quite prominently in this film as a member of the Frietchie family but for some reason she is uncredited.
Copies ofBarbara Frietchie are held byLibrary and Archives Canada,UCLA Film and Television Archive, andGeorge Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.[3]
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