A Beast at Bay explained

Director:	D. W. Griffith
Producer:	Biograph
Starring:	Mary Pickford
Cinematography:	G. W. Bitzer
Distributor:	Biograph
Runtime:	17 minutes (2 reels)
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent

A Beast at Bay is a 1912 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Preserved in paper print form at the Library of Congress.^[1]

This film is in the public domain.

Plot

A young woman believes her boyfriend is cowardly after he backs down from an argument, but when the she is kidnapped, her boyfriend rescues her and she changes her mind.

Cast

• Mary Pickford – The Young Woman
• Edwin August – The Young Woman's Ideal
• Alfred Paget – The Convict
• Mae Marsh – The Young Woman's Friend

Rest of cast

• Elmer Booth – unconfirmed
• Christy Cabanne – Station Master
• William A. Carroll – Guard
• Francis J. Grandon – unconfirmed
• Robert Harron – A Farmer
• J. Jiquel Lanoe – At Station
• Henry Lehrman – A Guard
• Charles Hill Mailes – Guard
• Marguerite Marsh – (*billed Marguerite Loveridge)
• Lottie Pickford – unconfirmed
• W. C. Robinson – Guard

External links

• • • A Beast at Bay available for free download at Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.13 c.1978 by the American Film Institute