Under Burning Skies
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Under Burning Skies is a 1912 short silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera...

 and starring Blanche Sweet.

Cast

  • Wilfred Lucas
    Wilfred Lucas
    Wilfred Lucas was a Canadian stage and film actor, film director, and screenwriter.-Career:A native of Ontario, Canada, Lucas headed to New York City to work in the theater, making his Broadway acting debut in 1904 at the Savoy Theater in the production of The Superstition of Sue...

     - Joe
  • Blanche Sweet - Emily
  • Christy Cabanne
    Christy Cabanne
    Christy Cabanne , born William Christy Cabanne, was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor. Christy Cabanne was, along with Sam Newfield and William Beaudine, one of the most prolific directors in the history of American film.-Biography:Cabanne graduated from the U.S...

     - Emily's Husband
  • Alfred Paget
    Alfred Paget
    Alfred Paget was an English silent film actor. He appeared in 239 films between 1908 and 1918.-Selected filmography:-External links:...

     - Emily's Husband's Friend
  • Edwin August
    Edwin August
    Edwin August was an American actor, director and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 152 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919....

     - On Street
  • Frank Evans
    Frank Evans (actor)
    Frank Evans was an American actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1908 and 1927.-External links:...

     - In Bar
  • Charles Gorman - In Bar
  • Robert Harron
    Robert Harron
    Robert "Bobby" Harron was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. Although he acted in scores of films, he is possibly best remembered for his roles in the D.W. Griffith directed films Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation...

     - On Street / At Farewell Party
  • Charles Hill Mailes
    Charles Hill Mailes
    Charles Hill Mailes was a Canadian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935.He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and died in Los Angeles, California...

     - In Bar / At Farewell Party
  • Marguerite Marsh
    Marguerite Marsh
    Marguerite Marsh was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 73 films between 1911 and 1923....

     - At Farewell Party
  • Claire McDowell
    Claire McDowell
    Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films she appeared in numerous short & early feature films. She graduated to playing character and mother types...

     - A Friend
  • W. Chrystie Miller
    W. Chrystie Miller
    W. Chrystie Miller was an American silent film actor. He appeared in 139 films between 1908 and 1914. He was born in Dayton, Ohio and died in Staten Island, New York.-Selected filmography:...

     - At Farewell Party
  • W. C. Robinson
    W. C. Robinson
    W. C. Robinson was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 177 films between 1910 and 1932. He died in Maywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Daredevil Jack * Brute Force * Judith of Bethulia...

     - On Street
  • Kate Toncray
    Kate Toncray
    Kate Toncray was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 178 films between 1905 and 1925. She was born in St...

     - The Mother (unconfirmed)
  • Charles West
    Charles West (actor)
    Charles West was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 303 films between 1908 and 1937.He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...

    - The Bartender (as Charles H. West)
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