''The Nurse'' is a 1912 American dramatic

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

starring

Mary Miles Minter Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902Louisiana Birth Certificate, Caddo Parish, No. 119, Book A, Page 97, Birth Date: April 25, 1902, Name: Mary M. Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record was recorded as "J.H. Riley's Child" ...

. It is approximately 11 minutes long. This is Minter's first screen appearance, and the only one of her films where she is billed as Juliet Shelby, the stage name by which she was known from appearing in "The Littlest Rebel." As with many of Minter's features, it is believed to be a

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.IMDb: ''The Nurse: Trivia''
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Plot

As described in ''

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Cast (incomplete)

as the daughter (billed as Juliet Shelby) * Ethel Elder as the mother

References

External links

* 1912 films 1912 drama films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1912 short films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub