The House of Discord

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The House of Discord
Abraham Erlanger
StarringBlanche Sweet
Lionel Barrymore
Dorothy Gish
CinematographyWilliam T. Crespinel
Distributed byBiograph Company
General Film Company
Release date
  • December 13, 1913 (1913-12-13)
Running time
20 minutes (2 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The House of Discord (

James Kirkwood, Sr., written by F. E. Woods and A. Clayton Harris from a play by William C. deMille. The film stars Lionel Barrymore and marked the theatrical film debut of actor Jack Mulhall
.

Plot

A mother attempts to save her daughter from making a social mistake after she finds it similar to one she had once faced herself.[1]

Cast

Production

The House of Discord was directed by James Kirkwood, Sr. The film stars

Klaw & Erlanger and Biograph Company.[5]

The screenplay was written by F. E. Woods from a play by

Abraham Erlanger.[6] The film is a silent two-reeler.[3] Cinematographer Tony Gaudio was nearly fired during production after he attempted to reproduce the glow cast from a fireplace, rather than employing the fixed, flat lighting that was accepted practice at the time.[7]

Release

The film was released theatrically on December 13, 1913[8] by the General Film Company.[6] A reviewer for The Moving Picture World wrote that it "will be readily appreciated by women" and that it is a "woman's story" which "reaches its most effective emotional passages in showing the influence of a mother over a daughter who is on the verge of making a serious mistake."[9]

Preservation status

The House of Discord is now in the public domain. A print of the film survives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[6]

References

  1. ^ Films in Review, Volume 18. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1967. p. 336.
  2. ^ Photoplay – Volume 17, Issue 1. Macfadden Publications. 1920. p. 64.
  3. ^ a b c Katchmer, George A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland & Company. p. 672.
  4. ^ Wing, Ruth (1923). The Blue book of the screen. p. 176.
  5. ISBN 9780517528969
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  6. ^ a b c "The House of Discord (1913)". SilentEra.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  7. ^ Gaudio, G. (1937). "Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers": 160. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ISBN 9780738546810
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  9. ^ The Moving Picture World, Volume 29. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 470.

External links

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