''Fate's Turning'' is a 1911
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silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
D. W. Griffith
David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the na ...
, starring Charles H. West and featuring
Stephanie Longfellow.
[Graham, C.C., Higgins S., Mancini, E. & Vieira, J.L. ''D.W. Griffith and the Biograph Company''. Netuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1985. Pages 102-103.]
Cast
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Charles H. West
Charles West (November 30, 1885 – October 10, 1943) was an American film actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1908 and 1937. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, Californi ...
- John Lawson, Jr.
*
Stephanie Longfellow - his fiancee
*
Grace Henderson
Grace C. F. Roth Henderson (January 1860 – October 30, 1944) was an American stage actress and prolific performer in silent motion pictures.
Biography
Henderson was born Grace C. F. Roth in Ann Arbor, Michigan in January 1860. Her fath ...
- Grace's mother
*
Dorothy Bernard
Nora Dorothy Bernard (June 25, 1890 – December 15, 1955) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1908 and 1956.
Biography
She was born Nora Dorothy Bernard in Port Elizabeth, British Cape Colo ...
- Mary, a waitress
*
Donald Crisp
Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ...
- a valet
*
Adolph Lestina
Adolph Lestina (1861– August 23, 1923) was an American stage and film actor who was a member of D. W. Griffith's stock company of film actors.
Career
He received positive notice for his performance in Justin McCarthy's ''If I Were King'' and ...
- minister
*
Francis J. Grandon
Francis J. Grandon (1879 – July 11, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director who acted in almost 100 films and directed over 100. Frank Grandon's obituary, printed in newspapers from coast-to- coast, called him "the father of movi ...
- doctor
*
Edward Dillon - attorney
* J. Jiquel Lanoe - attorney
*
Kate Toncray
Kate Toncray (1867 – December 6, 1927) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1905 and 1925. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Manhattan, New York City.Elmer Booth
William Elmer Booth (December 9, 1882 – June 16, 1915) was an American stage and film actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California and was the elder brother of Margaret Booth, a renowned film editor for Hollywood productions for nearly 70 yea ...
- servant
*
Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell ( MacDowell; November 2, 1877 – October 23, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945.
Early years
Claire MacDowell was born in New York City on November 2, 1877, the ...
- at hotel & at wedding
*
Alfred Paget
Alfred Paget (2 June 1879 – 8 October 1919) was an English silent film actor best known for his portrayal of Prince Belshazzar in D.W. Griffith's 1916 historical epic '' Intolerance''. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1908 and 1 ...
- at hotel
*
Jack Pickford
John Charles Smith (August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933), known professionally as Jack Pickford, was a Canadian-American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford.
After their father ...
- at hotel
*
John T. Dillon - at hotel
*
Edwin August
Edwin August Phillip von der Butz (November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era.
August was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Christian Brothers College there. He ac ...
- at wedding
*
Marion Sunshine
Marion Sunshine (born Mary Tunstall Ijames, May 15, 1894 – January 25, 1963) was an American actress and songwriter. During her youth she worked in many films and Broadway musicals, as well as vaudeville and variety shows. In the 1930s she wa ...
- at wedding
*
Alfred Paget
Alfred Paget (2 June 1879 – 8 October 1919) was an English silent film actor best known for his portrayal of Prince Belshazzar in D.W. Griffith's 1916 historical epic '' Intolerance''. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1908 and 1 ...
- at wedding
*
Guy Hedlund - at wedding
See also
*
D. W. Griffith filmography
References
External links
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1911 films
1911 drama films
American silent short films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by D. W. Griffith
1911 short films
1910s American films
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