Film still of Helen (Laura Sawyer) defending her wounded father (Charles Ogle, seated)
Directed by
Bannister Merwin
Written by
Bannister Merwin Henry Albert Phillips
Produced by
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Starring
Laura Sawyer Benjamin Wilson Charles Stanton Ogle
Production companies
Edison Studios The Bronx, New York
Distributed by
The General Film Company
Release date
January 26, 1912 (1912-01-26)[1]
Running time
1000 feet (approximately 15 minutes)[2]
Country
United States
Language
Silent (English intertitles)
For the Cause of the South is a lost 1912 American silent film that portrayed a tragic, fictional romance set during the American Civil War. Directed by Bannister Merwin, the film was produced by Edison Studios, which was located in New York City, in The Bronx. The production starred Laura Sawyer, Benjamin Wilson, and Charles Ogle, with supporting characters played by Bessie Learn and James Gordon in the role of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
^"Data from Manufacturers' List of Releases /Edison", Moving Picture News (New York, N.Y.), September 26, 1912, p. 41. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47. According to this reference, a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Silent-film speeds varied, but they were usually projected at 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films. Also, most reels, especially the final reels in multiple-reel releases, were not filled to their maximum capacities.
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