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Just Gold
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lionel Barrymore [the stay-at-home brother], Alfred Paget [the second brother], Charles West [the third brother], Joseph McDermott [the fourth brother], Kate Bruce [the mother], Charles Hill Mailes [the father], Lillian Gish [the first brother’s sweetheart], Dorothy Gish [the sweetheart’s sister], Adolph Lestina [a man at the farewell; and a man in town], Frank Opperman [a man at the farewell; and a man in town], Kathleen Butler [a woman at the farewell], W. Chrystie Miller
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 24 May 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth chose to be a stay-at-home. He sought just love, and love was his reward: in the happiness of two old parents and the heart of a sweet girl. But those in the gold regions, each for himself, seeking just gold, found their ill rewards in the sordid earth of the Bad Lands.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 2; Weaver-Twenty pp. 144, 145 : Website-IMDb.
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