''The Confederate Spy'' is a 1910 American silent drama film produced by

Kalem Company The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem was sold to V ...

and directed by

Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott; September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great dire ...

. A story about the Civil War.

Production notes

The production was filmed in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...

References

* The Film Index, 1910, February 5, p 20; February 12, pp 14–15 * The Moving Picture World, Vol 6, p 229; p 258; p 277 * The New York Dramatic Mirror, February 19, 1910, p 18 * Supplement to the Bioscope, August 22, 1912

External links

AFI Catalog
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