Oil and Water (film)

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Oil and Water
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Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written byEdward
Starring Blanche Sweet
Henry B. Walthall
Lionel Barrymore
Harry Carey
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by Biograph Company
General Film Company
Release date
  • February 6, 1913 (1913-02-06)
Running time
25 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

Oil and Water is a 1913 film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The supporting cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey. A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their individual styles don't mesh. The movie includes elaborate dance sequences. [1]

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The film was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph studio retrospective.

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