Scarlet Days

Scarlet Days

Film poster
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Produced by D. W. Griffith
Written by Stanner E. V. Taylor (original story, scenario)
Starring Richard Barthelmess
Clarine Seymour
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Edited by James Smith
Distributed by Paramount Pictures/Artcraft
Release dates
  • November 30, 1919 (1919-11-30)
Running time
 7 reels (6,916 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Scarlet Days
Clarine Seymour as Chiquita

Scarlet Days is a 1919 American silent western film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith and released through Paramount/Artcraft Pictures, Artcraft being an affiliate of Paramount. Richard Barthelmess stars in a role for which Griffith had screentested Rudolph Valentino.[1][2] It is considered by many to be one of Griffith's worst films.[3]

Considered a lost film, it was found in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated it to the Museum of Modern Art.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com.
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. ↑ Simmon, Scott (July 31, 1993). The Films of D. W. Griffith. CUP Archive. p. 12. ISBN 9780521388207. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Soviet Film Archive Provide Americana Two Missing Works of D.W. Griffith" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. March 24, 1969. Retrieved February 21, 2016.

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