The Angel of Contention | |
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Directed by | John B. O'Brien |
Written by | Will Levington Comfort George Pattullo |
Starring | Spottiswoode Aitken Lillian Gish |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Angel of Contention is a 1914 American short drama film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring Lillian Gish. [1]
Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema.
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Home, Sweet Home (1914) is an American silent biographical drama directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Earle Foxe, Henry Walthall and Dorothy Gish.
The Hunchback is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by W. Christy Cabanne and written by Anita Loos. The film stars William Garwood, Frank Turner, Edna Mae Wilson and Lillian Gish.
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These are the films of Lillian Gish.
My Baby is a 1912 American short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith and Frank Powell. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.
The Battle of the Sexes is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Majestic Motion Picture Company. No complete print of the film is known to exist; however, a fragment has survived. Griffith remade the film as The Battle of the Sexes in 1928 as a comedy-drama and this latter version is available on DVD.
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Man's Enemy is a 1914 American short drama film directed by Frank Powell and starring Lillian Gish. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.
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Daphne and the Pirate is a 1916 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lillian Gish.
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