Barbara Frietchie (1924 film)

Barbara Frietchie
1924 film poster
Directed byLambert Hillyer
Written byLambert Hillyer
Agnes Christine Johnston
Based on
Barbara Frietchie
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byRegal Pictures
??and/or W. W. Hodkinson
StarringFlorence Vidor
Edmund Lowe
CinematographyHenry Sharp (*French, German)
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • September 26, 1924 (1924-09-26)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 American silent war drama film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War. The film was adapted from the play of the same name by Clyde Fitch that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie. Director Lambert Hillyer and Agnes Christine Johnston wrote the adaptation.[1]

There were two silent film versions, a 1915 version and 1924 version. The 1915 version, directed by Herbert Blaché, starred Mary Miles Minter and Anna Q. Nilsson. The 1924 version, filmed at Ince Studio now Culver Studios and directed by Hillyer, starred Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe.[2][3][1]

Barbara Frietchie publicity photo with Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe

Lydia Knott, mother of director Hillyer and a well known character actress in her own right, appears quite prominently in this film as a member of the Frietchie family but for some reason she is uncredited.

Cast

Preservation

Barbara Frietchie is considered completely extant with 16mm prints held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and George Eastman House. An incomplete print is also held by the National Archives of Canada.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Barbara Frietchie". afi.com. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  2. ↑ Barbara Frietchie as produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Criterion Theatre, October 23, 1899 to January 1900; IBDb.com
  3. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Barbara Frietchie at silentera.com
  4. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Barbara Frietchie". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
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