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Pirate Gold
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] Wilfred Lucas and/or D.W. Griffith?
Cast: Blanche Sweet [the daughter], Charles Hill Mailes [the father], J. Jiquel Lanoe [the successful suitor], Hector V. Sarno [the miscreant sailor], W. Chrystie Miller [the old mate], Harry Carey, Donald Crisp, Joseph McDermott, Wallace Reid
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hennessy. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 22 January 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Katherine Stone (in Barry-Griffith p. 43) notes that this film was probably directed by D.W. Griffith, though no contemporary facts confirming this are available. [?] Griffith did direct The Pirate’s Gold (1908).
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Elusive as is the pursuit of pirate gold it is found in this picture and brought to the ship by the very mutineers themselves. Here fate intervenes with justice and the miscreant mate after a series of exciting adventures is outwitted through his own weakness.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Drew-Speaking p. 286; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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