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Oil and Water (film)

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Oil and Water
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byEdward J. Montagne
StarringBlanche Sweet
Henry B. Walthall
Lionel Barrymore
Harry Carey
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Distributed byBiograph
Release date
1913
Running time
25 minutes
Country United States
LanguagesSilent 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
  • Charles West ... In First Audience/In Second Audience