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Lillian Gish.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Lily and the Rose
Also known as The Tiger Girl in the USA
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Paul Powell
Cast: Lillian Gish [Mary Randolph, the lily], Wilfred Lucas [Jack Van Norman], Rozsika Dolly (Rosie Dolly) [Rose], Elmer Clifton [Allison Edwards], Loyola O’Connor [Letty Carrington, Letty’s spinster aunt], Cora Drew [Molly Carrington, Letty’s spinster aunt], Mary Alden [Clara Fairfax, a cousin], William Hinckley [Ted Lamb, tennis player], [?] Alberta Lee?, [?] Frank Mills?
The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Triangle-Fine Arts]. / Scenario by Granville Warwick (D.W. Griffith). Dance choreography by Ruth St. Denis (Dolly’s dance) and Ted Shawn (Gish’s dance). Assistant director, Roy Hiram Rice (Roy Rice). Cinematography by Hugh C. McClung and John Leezer. Musical accompaniment (music score) by J.A. Raynes, arranged and adapted by Joseph C. Breil (Joseph Carl Breil). / © 6 December 1915 by Triangle Film Corporation [LP7979]. Released [?] 7 November or 12 December? 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA in a revised version as The Tiger Girl by United Picture Productions Corporation on 15 February 1920.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive (incomplete, reel five missing), 35mm acetate duplicate negative (incomplete, reel five missing)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 30 October 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 49; Geduld-Birth p. 38; Lahue-Triangle p. 141; Slide-FineArts pp. 4, 21, 29, 78, 142, 149, 157, 166; Tarbox-Lost p. 252; Weaver-Twenty p. 146 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.
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