Unto the Third Generation

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Unto the Third Generation
Directed by Harry Solter
Written byWalter MacNamara (story)
Starring Earle Foxe
Florence Lawrence
Matt Moore
Release date
  • November 28, 1913 (1913-November-28)
Running time
2 Reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Unto the Third Generation is a 1913 American short silent romantic drama directed by Harry Solter. [1] The film starred Earle Foxe and Florence Lawrence (also producer [2] ) and Matt Moore in the lead roles. It was the third time director Harry Solter had worked together with Foxe and Lawrence that year, previously working together on His Wife's Child and The Spender .

Contents

The film was written by Walter MacNamara. [3]

Cast

Reception

The film is said to be one of the productions presenting family as the ultimate refuge for unhappy Jewish people. [4]

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References

  1. The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913.
  2. "Florence Lawrence – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  3. Jewish Films in the United States: A Comprehensive Survey and Descriptive Filmography. G. K. Hall. 1976. ISBN   978-0-8161-7893-3.
  4. Singer, Claude (2003), Hidiroglou, Patricia (ed.), "La famille et l'identité juive au cinéma", La construction de la famille juive : Entre héritage et devenir, Homme et société (in French), Paris: Éditions de la Sorbonne, pp. 283–305, ISBN   979-10-351-0431-3 , retrieved 2024-10-13