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1912 American film

A Beast at Bay

Directed by| D. W. Griffith
Written by| George Hennessy
Produced by| Biograph
Starring| Mary Pickford
Cinematography| G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by| Biograph

Release date

| May 27, 1912

Running time

| 17 minutes
(2 reels)
Country| United States
Language| Silent

A Beast at Bay is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Preserved in paper print form at the Library of Congress.[1]

This film is in the Public Domain

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 2.1 Rest of cast
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Plot[edit]

A young woman believes her boyfriend is cowardly after he backs down from an argument, but when the she is kidnapped, her boyfriend rescues her and she changes her mind.

## Cast[edit]

* Mary Pickford – The Young Woman
* Edwin August – The Young Woman's Ideal
* Alfred Paget – The Convict
* Mae Marsh – The Young Woman's Friend

### Rest of cast[edit]

* Elmer Booth – unconfirmed
* Christy Cabanne – Station Master
* William A. Carroll – Guard
* Francis J. Grandon – unconfirmed
* Robert Harron – A Farmer
* J. Jiquel Lanoe – At Station
* Henry Lehrman – A Guard
* Charles Hill Mailes – Guard
* Marguerite Marsh – (*billed Marguerite Loveridge)
* Lottie Pickford – unconfirmed
* W. C. Robinson – Guard

## References[edit]

1. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.13 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

## External links[edit]

* A Beast at Bay at IMDb
* synopsis at AllMovie
* A Beast at Bay available for free download at Internet Archive

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1911|

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1913|

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* Drums of Love (1928)
* The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
* Lady of the Pavements (1929)
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* The Struggle (1931)

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