''Man's Enemy'' is a 1914 American
short
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drama film
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directed by
Frank Powell
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and starring
Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema" ...
. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the
Library of Congress
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and the
Museum of Modern Art
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.
Cast
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Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema" ...
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Franklin Ritchie
Franklin Ritchie (June 26, 1865 – January 26, 1918) was an American actor of the silent film era. Following his film career with the American Film company, he became an automobile dealer.
Biography
Born as George Frank Ritchie on June 26, ...
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Vivian Prescott
Vivian Prescott was an Italian born American actress.
Biography
Prescott appeared in 202 films between 1909 and 1917. She was born in Genoa, Italy and spent some time on the American stage before entering silent pictures.
Filmography
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Henry B. Walthall
Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915).
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Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878 on a ...
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Dorothy Gish
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See also
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Lillian Gish filmography
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These are the films of Lillian Gish.
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References
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1914 films
1914 short films
American silent short films
1914 drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Frank Powell
Silent American drama films
Films with screenplays by Frank E. Woods
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
English-language drama films
American drama short films
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