Headline
Risked Lives for a Film: Griffith Company and the 'Idol Dancer'
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Publication Date
1923-06-09
- Publication Year
1923
Page
6
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Idol Dancer
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Actors
Richard Barthelmess
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Country
USA
Released
1920-03-21
Runtime
104 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
This D.W Griffith silent classic features a new music score by writer composer, Jim Roberge.
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Way Down East
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Lottie Blair Parker (from the play by)
Country
USA
Released
1920-09-03
Runtime
145 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Rated
Passed
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Organisation
Summary
In making the big South Sea drama 'Idol Dancer,' which the Coronet is showing today and tomorrow, the whole Griffith Company nearly found watery graves. The Company went to Jamaica to take this picture. They wanted a big storm. They went out in a small steamer and found their storm. Then the little steamer became waterlogged and sank with the whole company on board, including Griffith and Richard Barthelmess (of 'Way Down East' fame, who takes the part of a beachcomber in this film). They were rescued just in time by American seaplanes.
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