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A Famous Escape
(1908) United States of America
B&W : 730 feet
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon (Sr.)

Cast: Harry Solter [prison guard], D.W. Griffith [a prisoner], Anthony O’Sullivan [a prisoner]

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Scenario by [?] James P. Cogan and/or D.W. Griffith? Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 3 April 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H108356]. Released 7 April 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 27 and 30 March 1908.

Drama: Historical: Civil War.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Usai-Griffith-1 pp. 23-24.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative, missing main titles and intertitles]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: History: USA: American Civil War (1861-1865)

Listing updated: 16 January 2009.

References: Usai-Griffith-1 pp. 23-24 : Website-AFI.