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Babes in the Woods = The Babes in the Woods

Item number (ISN):

327946

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1917

Item number (ISN):

327946

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

SONNEBORN, Jon

Accession:

1977-0278

Media:

Film

Original title:

Babes in the Woods

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1917

Release date:

1917-12-02

Production company:

Short version
Fox Film Corporation

Production credit:

director, Chester M. Franklin; Sidney A. Franklin; scenario, Bernard McConville; photography, Harry W. Gerstad

Cast credit:

Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin, Violet Radcliffe, Carmen de Rue, Herschell Mayall, Rosita Marstini, Robert Lawler, Scott McKee, Teddy Billings, Buddie Messenger

Country of production:

us

Distributor name:

Fox Film Corporation

Description:

Hansel and Grethel, taken to the woods to be killed, are rescued by The Good Fairy. They find the gingerbread bouse belonging to the witch. They are captured but Grethel pushes the old witch into the oven and the two escape. The Bad Prince, who has been after the two children, catches them but they are again saved by The Good Fairy.~In the original version of the film the Grimm brothers' fairy tale is framed by this modern story: to test his wife's fidelity, millionaire John Hamilton disappears after stipulating in his will that his money will go to his two children. Through his butler Hamilton learns that his wife and brother are contemplating killing the children in order to inherit his millions. To protect his children he returns and tells them the story of Hansel and Grethel as a warning. Mrs. Hamilton, however, overhears the story, realizes the error of her ways and the family is reunited. <48mn 20s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' print calculated at 18fps.~2. Source of subject description: AFI Catalog Feature Films 1911-1920, page 41.~3. Though the main title is not the original, the intertitles are the originals with the Fox logo.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

360916

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7706-0666

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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