Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia

Infobox_Film
name = Judith of Bethulia


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director = D. W. Griffith
producer =
writer = Thomas Bailey Aldrich
D. W. Griffith
Frank E. Woods
starring = Blanche Sweet
Henry B. Walthall
music =
cinematography = G. W. Bitzer
editing = James Smith
released = 8 March 1914
country = USA
runtime = 61 minutes
language = Silent film
English intertitles
imdb_id = 0004181

"Judith of Bethulia" was a 1914 film and starred Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and was produced and directed by D. W. Griffith in 1913. This was the first feature-length film made by pioneering film company Biograph, although the second that Biograph released. Shortly after its completion and a disagreement Griffith had with Biograph executives on making more future feature-length films, Griffith left Biograph, and took the entire stock company with him. Biograph delayed the picture's release until 1914, after Griffith's departure, so that it would not have to pay him in a profit-sharing agreement they had.

The film caused controversy with its inclusion of an orgy scene.

Cast

* Blanche Sweet - Judith
* Henry B. Walthall - Holofernes
* Mae Marsh - Naomi
* Robert Harron - Nathan
* Lillian Gish - The young mother
* Dorothy Gish - The crippled beggar
* Kate Bruce - Judith's maid
* J. Jiquel Lanoe - Eunuch Attendant
* Harry Carey - Assyrian Traitor
* W. Chrystie Miller - Bethulian
* Gertrude Robinson
* Charles Hill Mailes - Bethulian Soldier
* Edward Dillon
* Gertrude Bambrick - Lead Assyrian Dancer
* Lionel Barrymore - Extra
* Clara T. Bracy - Bethulian
* Kathleen Butler - Bethulian
* William J. Butler - Bethulian
* Christy Cabanne
* William A. Carroll - Assyrian Soldier (as William Carroll)
* Frank Evans - Bethulian Soldier
* Mary Gish
* Harry Hyde - Bethulian Soldier/Assyrian Soldier
* Thomas Jefferson
* Jennie Lee - Bethulian
* Adolph Lestina - Bethulian
* Elmo Lincoln
* Antonio Moreno - Extra
* Marshall Neilan
* Frank Opperman - Bethulian
* Alfred Paget - Bethulian/Assyrian Soldier
* W. C. Robinson - Bethulian Soldier
* Kate Toncray - One of Judith's Servants
[ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0004181/fullcredits#writers Judith of Bethulia (1914) - Full cast and crew ] ]

Plot

The story is from the Bible's Book of Judith about the siege of the Jewish city Bethulia by Assyrians.A widow named Judith (Blanche Sweet), has a plan to stop the war of the city when her people suffer starvation, and are ready to surrender. The widow disguises herself as a harem-girl, and goes to the enemy where she beguiles a general of King Nebuchadnezzar, whose army is destroying the city. Judith seduces Holofernes (Henry Walthall), then while he is drunk, cuts off his head with a sabre. She returns to her city, a heroine.

Reviews

The reviews were favorable:"Variety", March 27, 1914 wrote: "It is not easy to confess one's self unequal to a given task, but to pen an adequate description of the Biograph's production of 'Judith of Bethulia' is, to say the least, a full grown man's job."

"The Moving Picture World", March 7, 1914 described it as: "A fascinating work of high artistry, 'Judith of Bethulia' will not only rank as an achievement in this country, but will make foreign producers sit up and take notice." [ [http://www.silentsaregolden.com/featurefolder3/judithcommentary.html Judith of Bethulia commentary ] ]

ee also

* Harry Carey filmography
* D. W. Griffith filmography
* Lillian Gish filmography

Notes


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