A Lodging for the Night
| A Lodging for the Night | |
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| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Produced by | Biograph Company |
| Starring | Mary Pickford Charles West |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
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Running time | short |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent; English |
A Lodging for the Night is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and stars Mary Pickford and Charles West.[1] The film is also referred to as Lodging for the Night.[2] The plot was perhaps very vaguely inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's story of the same name[3] and is supposedly set in the Old South.[4][5]
Cast
[edit]- Charles West as Dick Logan
- Mary Pickford as The Mexican Girl
- Charles Hill Mailes as The Mexican Girl's Father
- Frank Opperman as The Owner of the Gambling Hall
- Frank Evans as The Gambler
- W. C. Robinson as The Bartender/ A Deputy
- Robert Harron as The Victim/in Gambling Hall
- Mae Marsh as First Mexican Couple - The Woman
- Christy Cabanne as The First Mexican Couple - The Man
- Alfred Paget as The Sheriff
- Hector Dion as The Porter
Uncredited
[edit]- John Barrymore at card table/conspirator/thug
- Lionel Barrymore at Desperado at card table
- Sidney Drew at card table (unconfirmed!)
References
[edit]- ^ A Lodging for the Night at silentera.com
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
- ^ Wagenknecht, Edward; Slide, Anthony (1975). The Films of D. W. Griffith. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-52326-1.
- ^ Lefebvre, Martin (2007-05-07). Landscape and Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-33486-3.
- ^ Mottet, Jean (1998). L'invention de la scène américaine: cinéma et paysage (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7384-6567-2.
External links
[edit]- A Lodging for the Night IMDb.com