Enoch Arden
About Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden marries Annie Lee over his rival Philip Ray, then sails to repair their fortunes and leaves her a locket. He is wrecked and marooned. Annie at last marries Philip, pressed by the children. Enoch comes home, sees them through a window, and dies at the inn without speaking. The woman who finds the locket understands who he was.
Cast & crew
More about Enoch Arden
D. W. Griffith directed the two-part Biograph adaptation of Tennyson's 1864 poem, with G. W. Bitzer photographing. Part I opened on 12 June 1911 and Part II on 15 June 1911. English Wikipedia gives 33 minutes for both parts, and Wikidata lists 17.
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G. W. Bitzer shot the wreck, the island, and the return, including Enoch's look through the window.
Preservation
The Library of Congress holds a print. MoMA, the George Eastman Museum, the National Film and Television Archive, and UCLA also hold material.
Notes
- Wilfred Lucas plays Enoch. Linda Arvidson, Griffith's wife, plays Annie Lee. Francis J. Grandon plays Philip Ray.
- Robert Harron and Florence La Badie play the Arden children as teenagers. Blanche Sweet and Alfred Paget appear on the beach.
- George Nichols plays the captain. Grace Henderson is the gossip who finds the locket.
- Prints are held by the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman Museum, the National Film and Television Archive, and UCLA.
Scenes
- Annie gives Enoch a locket with the baby's curl.
- He watches Philip hold the child and does not knock.
- The gossip prays over the locket after he dies.
Influenced by
- Alfred Tennyson's poem Enoch Arden (1864)
Also available
- Internet Archive (EnochArden_94)
