When Knights Were Bold | |
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Directed by | Wallace McCutcheon |
Written by | Harriett Jay (writing as Charles Marlowe)(play) |
Produced by | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company |
Starring | D. W. Griffith Linda Arvidson Harry Solter |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | 1 reel |
Country | USA |
Languages | Silent; English titles |
When Knights Were Bold is a 1908 silent film short directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by the Biograph Company. [1] It is based on a very successful 1906 Broadway play of the same name (over 500 performances by 1908) written by Harriett Jay(under the alias Charles Marlowe) and starred a young Pauline Frederick, George Irving and veteran comic Francis Wilson. [2] The film survives today and is noteworthy for the appearance of D. W. Griffith in an acting role before he started directing for Biograph.
unknown and/or uncredited