A Temporary Truce

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A Temporary Truce
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written by George Hennessy
Starring
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by Biograph Company
Release date
  • June 10, 1912 (1912-06-10)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

A Temporary Truce is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress. [1]

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Plot

Mexican Jim, the villain, kidnaps Alice, wife of Jack the prospector. Jack declares a temporary truce with Jim so they can both battle the Indians as a common enemy. [2]

Cast

Themes

D. W. Griffith did not always portray Mexican characters in a negative light; however, in this film they are portrayed as a threat to white families and women. [3] The film is more complex in this regard that previous Griffith work. [4]

Production

The cast was considered to be quite large for a short film under two reels. [5] This is one of three D. W. Griffith films that Bert Hendler appeared in. [6] The cast also included Mae Marsh, who worked with Griffith on many films, including The Birth of a Nation . She was one of his favorites and in a 1923 interview, Griffith noted that "Mae Marsh was born a film star." [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Silent Era: A Temporary Truce". Silent Era. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ Niver, Kemp R. (1985). Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress. p. 321. ISBN   978-0-8444-0463-9.
  3. ↑ Bernardi, Daniel; Green, Michael (2017). Race in American Film: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation. ABC-CLIO. p. 386. ISBN   978-0-313-39840-7.
  4. ↑ Usai, Paolo Cherchi (2019). The Griffith Project, Volume 5: Films Produced in 1911. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-83902-011-7.
  5. ↑ Film & Video Finder: Title Section (A-K). National Information Center for Educational Media. 1997. p. 3110. ISBN   978-0-937548-29-5.
  6. ↑ Slide, Anthony (2012). The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville. University Press of Mississippi. p. 238. ISBN   978-1-61703-250-9.
  7. ↑ Lowe, Denise (2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-71896-3.
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