The Battle of Gettysburg (1913 film) explained

The Battle of Gettysburg
Director:	Charles Giblyn Thomas H. Ince
Producer:	Thomas H. Ince
Starring:	Willard Mack Charles K. French
Distributor:	Mutual Film Hiller & Wick Inc. (re-release)
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Battle of Gettysburg is a 1913 American silent war film directed by Charles Giblyn and Thomas H. Ince. The Battle of Gettysburg is based on the American Civil War battle of the same name. The film is now considered to be lost,^[1] although some battlefield footage was used by Mack Sennett in his comedy Cohen Saves the Flag, which was shot on location alongside this production.^[2] There are claims that The Battle of Gettysburg was screened in France in 1973.^[3]

Cast

• Willard Mack in an undetermined leading role
• Charles Edler as Abraham Lincoln
• Ann Little as Virginia Burke, the Confederate Sister (credited as Anna Little)
• Joe King as Jack Lamar as the Confederate Brother
• Burton L. King as Jim Burke (the sister's sweetheart)
• Herschel Mayall
• Walter Edwards
• J. Barney Sherry
• George Fisher
• J. Frank Burke
• Enid Markey
• Gertrude Claire in a secondary role (unconfirmed)
• Shorty Hamilton in a secondary role (unconfirmed)

See also

• List of films and television shows about the American Civil War
• List of lost films

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm The Battle of Gettysburg at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted
2. Book: Lost Films . Frank Thompson . Citadel Press . 25–26 . 1996 . 0-8065-1604-6.
3. Web site: Silent Era: The Battle of Gettysburg . June 20, 2008. silentera.