''Big Jim Garrity'' is a 1916 silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

George Fitzmaurice George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Career Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1940, he directed ...

and starring

Robert Edeson Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer. Life and career Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. Afte ...

, Eleanor Woodruff and

Carl Harbaugh } Carl Harbaugh ( – February 26, 1960) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. Biography On Broadway, Harbaugh performed in ''The Greyhound'' (1912) and ''The Bludgeon'' (1914). He was married to Frances Lawson Bouis (? - ...

. The film has been restored by the

Cinémathèque Française The Cinémathèque Française (), founded in 1936, is a French non-profit film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world. Based in Paris's 12th arrondissement, the archive offers ...

Cast

as Jim Garrity * Eleanor Woodruff as Sylvia Craigen *

as Dawson *

Lyster Chambers Lister or Lyster may refer to: Names * Lister (surname), also Lyster and Litster * Lyster Kirkpatrick (1885–1921), Australian rules footballer * Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944), American botanist * Joseph Lister (1827–1912), British physic ...

as Dr. Hugh Malone * Charles Compton as Sam Craigen *

Carleton Macy Carleton Macy (1861-1946) was an American stage, screen and vaudeville actor. He appeared in much stage work before embarking on a film career in 1915 with William Fox. He often appeared in vaudeville with his wife, Maude Hall, in an act called "M ...

as Mr. Craigen

References

Bibliography

*James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

External links

* 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Fitzmaurice Pathé Exchange films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub