Just Like a Woman (1912 film)

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Just Like a Woman
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written byGeorge Hennessy
Produced byBiograph Company
Starring Mary Pickford
Mae Marsh
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date
  • April 18, 1912 (1912-04-18)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

Just Like a Woman is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. It was produced by the Biograph Company and distributed by General Film Company. [1]

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It is preserved from a paper print source by the Library of Congress. [2]

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References

  1. Just Like a Woman at silentera.com
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.95 c.1978 by The American Film Institute