Big Jim Garrity

1916 American film
  • Robert Edeson
  • Eleanor Woodruff
  • Carl Harbaugh
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • April 18, 1916 (1916-04-18)
Running time
50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Big Jim Garrity is a 1916 silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Robert Edeson, Eleanor Woodruff and Carl Harbaugh.[1] The film was based on a 1910 play of the same name by Owen Davis. Ouida Bergère adapted it for the screen. Location shooting for the film was done in Jersey City, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia.[2]

Cast

  • Robert Edeson as Jim Garrity
  • Eleanor Woodruff as Sylvia Craigen
  • Carl Harbaugh as Dawson
  • Lyster Chambers as Dr. Hugh Malone
  • Charles Compton as Sam Craigen
  • Carleton Macy as Mr. Craigen

Preservation

A complete print of Big Jim Garrity is held by the Archives du Film du CNC in Bois d'Arcy.[3]

In 2017, the film was restored by the Cinémathèque Française from a print in their own collection and the intertitles were sourced from a copy from The Swedish Film Institute.[4]

References

  1. ^ Parish & Pitts p.126
  2. ^ "Big Jim Garrity". afi.com. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Big Jim Garrity". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "Le Marchand de poison" [Big Jim Garrity]. www.cinematheque.fr (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2024.

Bibliography

  • James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. Film directors: a guide to their American films. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
  • Big Jim Garrity at IMDb
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