An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy | |
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Biograph Company | |
Distributed by | General Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 15–16 minutes (1 reel, full) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
An Unseen Enemy is a 1912
Plot
A physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. It is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to help crack the safe. They lock the daughters in an adjacent room, and the drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall. The resourceful girls use the telephone to call their brother who has returned to town. He gets the message and organizes a rescue party.[7]
Cast
- Elmer Booth
- Lillian Gish
- Dorothy Gish
- Harry Carey Sr.
- Robert Harron
- Grace Henderson as The Unseen Enemy
- Charles Hill Mailes
- Walter Miller
- Henry B. Walthall
- Adolph Lestina
- Antonio Moreno as Man on Bridge, flagging car
- Erich von Stroheim as Man in Straw Hat Dancing at Lobby Desk
Commentary
Lillian and Dorothy Gish play the two sisters in peril in this "race to the rescue" film. To emphasize their sisterhood, they wear identical outfits, hairstyles, and perform similar gestures.[6] The other two films where the Gishes play sisters are The Lady and the Mouse (1913) and Orphans of the Storm (1922).
See also
References
- ^ "An Unseen Enemy at Silent Era". Silent Era. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ "The Biograph Collection". Still Moving: the Film and Media Collections of The Museum of Modern Art. Museum of Modern Art. 2006. p. 41.
- ISBN 0-86196-653-8
- ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
- ^ ISSN 0009-7101. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
External links
- An Unseen Enemy at IMDb
- An Unseen Enemy on YouTube
- An Unseen Enemy at AllMovie
- An Unseen Enemy available for free download from Archive.org