A Daughter of Dixie

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A Daughter of Dixie
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Directed by Sidney Olcott
Produced bySidney Olcott
Starring Gene Gauntier
Cinematography George K. Hollister
Production
company
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date
  • July 27, 1910 (1910-07-27)
Running time
900 feet
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent film
(English intertitles)
A Daughter of Dixie (1910)

A Daughter of Dixie is an American silent film produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier in the leading role. It is a story about the American Civil War. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The film has two reels. [4] Sherman Bainbridge  [ it ] stars in the film. [4]

A Daughter of Dixie is a melodrama. [5] It emphasizes the passage of time through making a clock a focal point of the scenes. As time progresses, the actors gesture to the clock in various shots. [6]

Cast

Reception

The Morning Star praised the film, writing, "Thrilling war story with scenes laid in the South. Best picture in months. Don't miss it." [7]

References

  1. ↑ "A Daughter of Dixie". The Moving Picture World . Vol. 9, no. 7. August 26, 1911. p. 562. Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Bordwell, David; Staiger, Janet; Thompson, Kristin (1985). The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 182. ISBN   978-0-231-06055-4 . Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "A Daughter of Dixie: Champion Release, August 28th". Motion Picture News . Vol. 4, no. 33. August 19, 1911. p. 27. Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 "A Daughter of Dixie". Motography . Vol. 16, no. 19. November 4, 1916. p. 1048. Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Fernett, Gene (1988). American Film Studios: An Historical Encyclopedia. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 33. ISBN   0-89950-250-4 . Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Keil, Charlie (2001). Early American Cinema in Transition: Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 92–94. ISBN   0-299-17360-7 . Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "A Daughter of Dixie". The Morning Star . Vol. 87, no. 142. March 7, 1911. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2025– via Internet Archive.
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