Oil and Water (film)

Oil and Water
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Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	Edward J. Montagne
Starring	Blanche Sweet Henry B. Walthall Lionel Barrymore Harry Carey
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	Biograph Company General Film Company
Release date	February 6, 1913 (1913-02-06)
Running time	25 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

Oil and Water is a 1913 film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The supporting cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey. A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their individual styles don't mesh. The movie includes elaborate dance sequences.

The film was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph studio retrospective.

Cast

• Blanche Sweet - Mlle. Genova
• Henry B. Walthall - The Idealist
• Lionel Barrymore - In First Audience/In Second Audience/Visitor
• Walter Miller - The Idealist's Brother, a Minister
• Clara T. Bracy - The Nurse
• Harry Carey - Stage Manager/At Dinner
• Gertrude Bambrick - Among Dancers
• Kathleen Butler - In First Audience/Among Dancers
• William J. Butler - Among Dancers
• John T. Dillon - In Second Audience/At Dinner
• Frank Evans - In First Audience/In Second Audience
• Dorothy Gish - In First Audience
• Lillian Gish - In First Audience
• Robert Harron
• J. Jiquel Lanoe - In First Audience/Among Dancers
• Adolph Lestina - In Second Audience
• Charles Hill Mailes
• Joseph McDermott - Actor in Play/At Dinner
• W. Chrystie Miller - In First Audience
• Antonio Moreno - Actor in Play
• Alfred Paget - Among Dancers
• Matt Snyder - In First Audience (*aka Matt B. Snyder)
• Charles West - In First Audience/In Second Audience

See also

• Harry Carey filmography
• D. W. Griffith filmography
• Lillian Gish filmography
• Blanche Sweet filmography
• Lionel Barrymore filmography

External links

• Oil and Water at IMDb