Damon and Pythias
Directed byOtis Turner
Written byRuth Ann Baldwin
James Dayton
Allan Dwan
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringWilliam Worthington
Herbert Rawlinson
Cleo Madison
CinematographyAlbert Warren Kelsey
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • November 23, 1914 (1914-11-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Damon and Pythias is a 1914 American silent epic film directed by Otis Turner and starring William Worthington, Herbert Rawlinson, and Cleo Madison.[1] It is based on the Greek legend of Damon and Pythias set during the reign of Dionysius I of Syracuse. It was an ambitious production by Universal Pictures, made at a time when feature films were rapidly replacing short films as the leading format in cinema. For much of the opening reel the cast are introduced, appearing in their modern dress rather than historical costumes.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 26
  2. ↑ Bowser p. 147

Bibliography

  • Bowser, Eileen. The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915. University of California Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-520-08534-3
  • McCaffrey, Donald W. & Jacobs, Christopher P. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2
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