Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
January 16, 1908Release Date
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
January 16, 1908Release Date

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Henry B. Walthall
Woodsman

Miss Earle

Jinnie Frazer
Baby

D.W. Griffith
Father

Edwin S. Porter
Cinematography

J. Searle Dawley
Director
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 16, 1908
StatusReleased
Running Time7m
Filming LocationsFort Lee, United States
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Rescued from an Eagle's Nest is a 1908 American silent action-drama film produced by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Studios and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It features the first leading screen role of the legendary American filmmaker D. W. Griffith, whose directorial debut was released just six months after he performed in this production. Griffith's casting in the Edison "photoplay" began when he found himself stranded and broke in New York City after a play he authored had failed. Desperate for money, he responded to Edison's offer to pay $15 to anyone who submitted a useable treatment or scenario based on the Puccini opera Tosca. Porter rejected Griffith's submission, but the studio executive did offer him the lead role in Rescued from an Eagle's Nest. A full print of this film survives in the extensive collection of moving images at the Museum of Modern Art. Only one other film in which Griffith appears as an actor survives.
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