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As It Is In Life

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As It Is in Life
Poster for As It Is in Life showing a man and a girl by a pigeon coop
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byStanner E. V. Taylor
Produced byBiograph Company
StarringMary Pickford
George Nichols
Gladys Egan
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Distributed byBiograph Company
Release date
  • April 4, 1910 (1910-04-04)
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Running time
16 minutes
CountryU.S.
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

As It Is in Life is a 1910 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Mary Pickford appears in the film.[2]

The film is preserved from Library of Congress paper prints.[3]

Plot

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The film starts out with an intertitle stating, 'The Mother is Gone'. The father, named George Forrester, works at a pigeon farm. The daughter is very lonely when her dad leaves for work, so George brings his daughter to his work at the farm. George meets an old sweetheart, and they rekindle. Forrester lets the woman go for his daughter, because he can't support a wife and child. Years pass and the daughter is all grown up. She tells her dad that she will never leave him. Forrester and his daughter go for a walk along the beach and to the farm where he works. A young man catches the eye of the daughter. Forrester tells his daughter that she must choose between him and the young man. She ends up choosing the young man and they get married. George is bitter and doesn't go to the wedding or visit the couple. The daughter and the young man have a child and she brings it to her father in hopes he will notice. The father is delighted to see the child and he and his daughter reunite.[4]

Cast

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Production

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As It Is in Life was filmed on February 22, 1910, at a pigeon farm in Edendale, California. The same location was also used for another Griffith film, A Rich Revenge.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List". Silent Era.
  2. ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: As It Is in Life". AFI Catalog.
  3. ^ "As It Is in Life". Silent Era.
  4. ^ Griffith, D.W. (November 14, 2017). "As It Is in Life". YouTube. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "As It Is in Life". ProQuest. American Film Institute. ProQuest 1746183731. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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