Oil and Water (film) explained

Oil and Water
Director:	D. W. Griffith
Starring:	Blanche Sweet Henry B. Walthall Lionel Barrymore Harry Carey
Cinematography:	G. W. Bitzer
Distributor:	Biograph Company General Film Company
Runtime:	25 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film English intertitles

Oil and Water is a 1913 film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The supporting cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey. A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their individual styles don't mesh. The movie includes elaborate dance sequences.^[1]

The film was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph studio retrospective.

Cast

• Blanche Sweet - Mlle. Genova
• Henry B. Walthall - The Idealist
• Lionel Barrymore - In First Audience/In Second Audience/Visitor
• Walter Miller - The Idealist's Brother, a Minister
• Clara T. Bracy - The Nurse
• Harry Carey - Stage Manager/At Dinner
• Gertrude Bambrick - Among Dancers
• Kathleen Butler - In First Audience/Among Dancers
• William J. Butler - Among Dancers
• John T. Dillon - In Second Audience/At Dinner
• Frank Evans - In First Audience/In Second Audience
• Dorothy Gish - In First Audience
• Lillian Gish - In First Audience
• Robert Harron
• J. Jiquel Lanoe - In First Audience / Among Dancers
• Adolph Lestina - In Second Audience
• Charles Hill Mailes
• Joseph McDermott - Actor in Play/At Dinner
• W. Chrystie Miller - In First Audience
• Antonio Moreno - Actor in Play
• Alfred Paget - Among Dancers
• Matt Snyder - In First Audience (*aka Matt B. Snyder)
• Charles West - In First Audience/In Second Audience

See also

• Harry Carey filmography
• D. W. Griffith filmography
• Lillian Gish filmography
• Blanche Sweet filmography
• Lionel Barrymore filmography

Notes and References

1. http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/O/OilAndWater1913.html Oil and Water at silentera.com