The Sands of Dee

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The Sands of Dee
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written by Charles Kingsley (poem)
Produced by Biograph Company
Starring Mae Marsh
Robert Harron
Charles Hill Mailes
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Distributed byBiograph Company
Release date
July 22, 1912
Running time
17 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

The Sands of Dee is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. [1]

Contents

Paper print held at Library of Congress. [2]

The film is used in the opening scene of the 1946 psychological horror film The Spiral Staircase in a recreation of early film exhibition. The Spiral Staircase is set in 1906, making the appearance of this 1912 film anachronistic.

Cast

supporting cast

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References

  1. The Sands of Dee at silentera.com
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) c.1978 by the American Film Institute