Blanche Sweet filmography

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Blanche Sweet circa 1916

This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet . According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. [1]

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Biograph (1909–1914)

Blanche Sweet started working at Biograph in 1909 under contract to director D. W. Griffith. Sweet remained at Biograph until 1914. Sweet starred in 85 films under Biograph, most of which were one or two reels.

1909

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
1909A Man with Three Wives
December 13, 1913 A Corner in Wheat D. W. Griffith Biograph Company
December 23, 1909 In Little Italy At the BallD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 27, 1909 To Save Her Soul Backstage at Debut/At PartyD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 30, 1909 The Day After The New YearD. W. Griffith
Frank Powell
Biograph Company
December 30, 1909 Choosing a Husband One of Gladys' FriendsD. W. GriffithBiograph Company

1910

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
January 3, 1910 The Rocky Road The Daughter, at EighteenD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 15, 1910 All on Account of the Milk The Maid Frank Powell Biograph Company
April 11, 1910 A Romance of the Western Hills D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 14, 1910 The Kid Frank PowellBiograph Company
July 18, 1910 A Flash of Light D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 17, 1910 Love in Quarantine Frank PowellBiograph Company

1911

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
January 2, 1911 The Two Paths D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 6, 1911 Heart Beats of Long Ago D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 23, 1911 His Daughter D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 27, 1911 The Lily of the Tenements D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 6, 1911 A Decree of Destiny D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 16, 1911 Was He a Coward? D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 23, 1911 The Lonedale Operator Daughter of the Linedale OperatorD. W. GriffithBiograph CompanyUncredited
March 27, 1911 Priscilla's April Fool Joke On LawnFrank PowellBiograph Company
March 30, 1911 The Spanish Gypsy D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 3, 1911 Priscilla and the Umbrella The SisterFrank Powell
Mack Sennett
Biograph Company
April 6, 1911 The Broken Cross D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 27, 1911 How She Triumphed MaryD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
May 11, 1911 The Country Lovers Mack SennettBiograph Company
May 15, 1911 The New Dress At Wedding/At MarketD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
May 25, 1911 The White Rose of the Wilds White RoseD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 5, 1911 The Smile of a Child The Peasant WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 12, 1911
June 15, 1911
Enoch Arden On the BeachD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 22, 1911 The Primal Call D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 29, 1911 Fighting Blood D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 17, 1911 The Indian Brothers IndianD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 24, 1911 A Country Cupid EdithD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 27, 1911 The Last Drop of Water MaryD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 3, 1911 Out from the Shadow Mrs. VaneD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 17, 1911 The Blind Princess and the Poet The PrincessD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
September 4, 1911 The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of AliceD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 5, 1911 The Making of a Man Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 26, 1911 The Long Road EdithD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 30, 1911 Love in the Hills The GirlD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 6, 1911 The Battle The Boy's SweetheartD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 16, 1911 Through Darkened Vales GraceD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 20, 1911 The Miser's Heart NeighborD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 30, 1911 A Woman Scorned D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 28, 1911 The Voice of the Child The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company

1912

c.1912 Blanche Sweet in The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch.jpg
c.1912
Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
January 11, 1912 The Eternal Mother Martha, the WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 18, 1912 The Old Bookkeeper The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 22, 1912 For His Son The Son's FiancéeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 1, 1912 The Transformation of Mike The Tenement GirlD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 8, 1912 A Sister's Love D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 22, 1912 Under Burning Skies EmilyD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 7, 1912 A String of Pearls The Second WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 25, 1912 The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch The GoddessD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 4, 1912 The Punishment The Fruit Grower's DaughterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 25, 1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime Rich WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 29, 1912 The Lesser Evil The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
May 30, 1912 An Outcast Among Outcasts The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 10, 1912 A Temporary Truce Alice, the Prospector's WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 20, 1912 The Spirit Awakened The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 1, 1912 Man's Lust for Gold The Prospector's DaughterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 12, 1912 The Inner Circle D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 19, 1912 With the Enemy's Help The Prospector's Wife Wilfred Lucas Biograph Company
August 22, 1912 A Change of Spirit The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
1912A Pueblo RomanceD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
September 12, 1912 Blind Love The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 10, 1912 The Chief's Blanket The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 24, 1912 The Painted Lady the Older SisterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 25, 1912 A Sailor's Heart The WifeWilfred LucasBiograph Company
December 26, 1912 The God Within The Woman of the CampD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
General Film Company

1913

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
January 2, 1913 Three Friends The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 13, 1913 Pirate Gold The DaughterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 6, 1913 Oil and Water Mlle. GenovaD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 24, 1913 A Chance Deception The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 27, 1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 8, 1913 Broken Ways The Road Agent's WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 20, 1913 Near to Earth D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 3, 1913 The Hero of Little Italy MariaD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 7, 1913 The Stolen Bride The Grower's DaughterAnthony O'SullivanBiograph Company
May 1, 1913 If We Only Knew The MotherD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 14, 1913 Death's Marathon The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 12, 1913 The Mistake The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
1913The Coming of AngeloD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 28, 1913 The Vengeance of Galora Anthony O'SullivanBiograph Company
August 23, 1913 Two Men of the Desert The AuthoressD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 17, 1913 A Cure for Suffragettes Edward Dillon Biograph Company
November 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 13, 1913 The House of Discord The Wife James Kirkwood Sr. Biograph Company
1913Beyond All LawFrank PowellBiograph Company
1913Her Wedding BellBiograph Company
1913The Wedding GownFrank PowellBiograph Company

1914

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
1914The Sentimental SisterBiograph Company
February 14, 1914 Classmates Sylvia Randolph James Kirkwood Biograph Company
February 26, 1914 The Massacre Stephen's WardD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 8, 1914 Judith of Bethulia JudithD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 19, 1914 Strongheart Dorothy Nelson, Frank's SisterJames KirkwoodBiograph Company
April 25, 1914 Brute Force D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 18, 1915 His Desperate Deed Biograph Company

Mutual Film Corporation (1914)

Griffith left Biograph in 1914, wanting to continue directing feature films such as Judith of Bethulia. He took his actors with him and joined the Mutual Film Corporation. Most of Sweet's films under Mutual Film are now lost. Of the 14 films, only 3 are known to survive.

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The Avenging Conscience scene.

1914

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
1914Ashes of the PastJames Kirkwood Sr.Mutual Film
May 17, 1914 Home, Sweet Home The WifeD. W. Griffith Mutual Film
1914The Soul of HonorJames Kirkwood Sr.Mutual Film
June 1, 1914 The Escape May JoyceD. W. GriffithMutual Film
August 2, 1914 The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' his sweetheartD. W. GriffithMutual Film
1914The Second Mrs. RoebuckMabel MackD. W. GriffithMutual Film
August 1914 Men and Women Agnes RodmanJames KirkwoodBiograph Company
1914For Those Unborn Christy Cabanne Mutual Film
1914Her AwakeningMaryChristy CabanneMutual Film
1914For Her Father's SinsMary Ashton John B. O'Brien
November 8, 1914 The Tear That Burned John B. O'BrienMutual Film
1914The OdalisqueMay, A Stock GirlChristy CabanneMutual Film
1914The Little Country MouseDorothy Donald Crisp Mutual Film
1914The Old MaidJohn B. O'BrienMutual Film

Paramount Pictures (1915–1919)

Sweet and Griffith parted ways in 1915 and Sweet signed with Famous Players Film Company for a higher pay. The studio would become known as Famous Players-Lasky following a merger in 1916. Films would be distributed by Paramount Pictures. 8 of the 20 films Sweet starred in survive, while 12 are presumed lost.

1915

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
February 15, 1915 The Warrens of Virginia Agatha Warren Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures
April 22, 1915 The Captive Sonya MartinovichCecil B. DeMilleParamount Pictures
May 24, 1915 Stolen Goods Margery Huntley George Melford Paramount Pictures
July 8, 1915 The Clue Christine Lesley James Neill
Frank Reicher
Paramount Pictures
August 9, 1915 The Secret Orchard DianeFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
September 13, 1915 The Case of Becky Dorothy/BeckyFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
October 21, 1915 The Secret Sin Edith Martin/Grace MartinFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
January 23, 1916 The Ragamuffin JennyWilliam C. deMilleParamount Pictures
February 20, 1916 The Blacklist Vera MaroffWilliam C. deMilleParamount Pictures
March 30, 1916 The Sowers Karin DolokhofWilliam C. DeMilleParamount Pictures
May 28, 1916 The Thousand-Dollar Husband Olga Nelson James Young Paramount Pictures
July 2, 1916 The Dupe Ethel HaleFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
August 20, 1916 Public Opinion Hazel GrayParamount Pictures
October 5, 1916 The Storm Natalie RaydonFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
1916 Unprotected Barbara KingJames YoungParamount Pictures
January 4, 1917 The Evil Eye Dr. Katherine TorranceGeorge MelfordParamount Pictures
March 1, 1917 Those Without Sin Melanie Landry Marshall Neilan Paramount Pictures
April 12, 1917 The Tides of Barnegat Jane CobdenMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
May 10, 1917 The Silent Partner Jane ColbyMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
March 2, 1919 The Unpardonable Sin Alice Parcot/Dimny ParcotMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures

Pathé Exchange

Sweet exclusively starred in films made by Pathé Exchange from 1919 to 1921. 6 of the 8 films are presumed lost.

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
November 19, 1919 A Woman of Pleasure Alice Dane Wallace Worsley Pathé Exchange
January 11, 1920 Fighting Cressy Cressy Robert Thornby Pathé Exchange
March 28, 1920 The Deadlier Sex Mary WillardRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
May 12, 1920 Simple Souls Molly ShineRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
August 5, 1920 The Girl in the Web Esther MaitlandRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
September 26, 1920 Help Wanted – Male Leona Stafford Henry King Pathé Exchange
November 21, 1920 Her Unwilling Husband Mavis Paul Scardon Pathé Exchange
January 1921 That Girl Montana Montana RiversRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange

Later films (1919–1929)

Of the 17 films, 6 survive and 11 are presumed lost.

Help Wanted-Male lobby card Help Wanted Male lobby card.jpg
Help Wanted-Male lobby card
Blanche Sweet in Anna Christie 1923 Silver Sheet January 01 1923 - ANNA CHRISTIE.pdf
Blanche Sweet in Anna Christie 1923
The Deadlier Sex - newspaper ad The Deadlier Sex (1920) - 1.jpg
The Deadlier Sex - newspaper ad
Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
1919The Hushed HourVirginia Appleton Blodgett Edmund Mortimer Harry Garson Productions
December 4, 1922 Quincy Adams Sawyer Alice Pettengill Clarence G. Badger Metro Pictures
October 22, 1923 The Meanest Man in the World Jane Hudson Edward F. Cline Principal Pictures
October 28, 1923 In the Palace of the King Delores Mendoza Emmett J. Flynn Goldwyn Pictures
November 25, 1923 Anna Christie Anna Christie John Griffith Wray First National Pictures
April 28, 1924 Those Who Dance Rose Carney Lambert Hillyer First National Pictures
August 11, 1924 Tess of the d'Urbervilles Teresa "Tess" DurbeyfieldMarshall NeilmanPathé Exchange
April 13, 1925 The Sporting Venus Lady GwendolynMarshall Neilan Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
May 3, 1925 His Supreme Moment Carla King George Fitzmaurice First National Pictures
October 18, 1925 Why Women Love Molla Hansen Edwin Carewe First National Pictures
November 1, 1925 The New Commandment Renee Darcourt Howard Higgin First National Pictures
January 13, 1926 Bluebeard's Seven Wives Juliet Alfred Santell First National Pictures
January 7, 1926 The Lady from Hell Lady Margaret Darnely Stuart Paton Stuart Paton Productions
February 14, 1926 The Far Cry Claire MarshSilvano BalboniFirst National Pictures
September 20, 1926 Diplomacy DoraMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
August 23, 1927 Singed Dolly WallJohn Griffith Wray Fox Film Corporation
May 24, 1929 The Woman in White Laura Fairlie/Anne Herbert Wilcox British and Dominions Imperial Studios

Sound Films (1929–1959)

Sweet starred only in five sound films, retiring in 1930. Her final role was uncredited in 1959. All are extant.

Release dateTitleRoleDirectorStudio(s) / Distributor(s)Notes
December 31, 1929 Always Faithful Mrs. George W. Mason Alfred A. Cohn Warner Bros. *short
January 24, 1930 The Woman Racket Julia Barnes Hayes Robert Ober
Albert H. Kelley
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
April 20, 1930 Showgirl in Hollywood Donny Harris (Mrs. Buelow) Mervyn LeRoy First National PicturesFinal reel was filmed in Technicolor but is now lost.
October 25, 1930 The Silver Horde Queenie George Archainbaud RKO Pictures
June 18, 1959 The Five Pennies Headmistress of School Melville Shavelson Paramount PicturesUncredited

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References

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