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Barbara Frietchie: Directed by Lambert Hillyer. With Florence Vidor, Edmund Lowe, Emmett King, Joseph Bennett. Two lovers in a small Maryland town are torn apart by the Civil War: she is loyal to the South while he heads North to join the Federal Army, determined to protect the Union.
- (63)
- Drama, War
- Lambert Hillyer
- 1924-09-26
Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 American silent war drama film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War. It is based on the play of the same name by Clyde Fitch that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie.
Barbara Fritchie (née Hauer; December 3, 1766 – December 18, 1862), also known as Barbara Frietchie, and sometimes spelled Frietschie, was a Unionist during the Civil War. She became part of American folklore in part from a popular poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Barbara Fritchie: The Story of a Patriotic American Woman: Directed by J. Stuart Blackton. With Julia Arthur, Edith Storey, Earle Williams. Barbara Frietchie's defense of the American flag and the death of a Union soldier in battle bring a tribute from both sides.
- J. Stuart Blackton
- 1908-11-07
- Short, Drama, History
- Julia Arthur, Edith Storey, Earle Williams
Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 silent film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War. It is based on the play that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie.
- Lambert Hillyer
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