The Mender of Nets
About The Mender of Nets
The net-mender is promised to Tom, a fisherman, and has turned the other men down. Tom is still caught by Grace, who gave up everything for him. When she sees him with the mender, she tells him what he owes her. He hints to the mender that he is not worth her. Grace's brother hears of the affair and comes after Tom. The mender, who does not know why, tries to pull her sweetheart out of the fight.
Cast & crew
More about The Mender of Nets
D. W. Griffith directed. Edwin August wrote the scenario. G. W. Bitzer photographed it. Biograph produced it and General Film Company released it on February 15, 1912. AFI gives 13 minutes and 959 to 1,000 feet, one reel, shot in January 1912 near Los Angeles. Motion Picture Story Magazine in May 1912 placed it where the company was wintering. Mary Pickford, Charles West, and Mabel Normand lead the cast.
Themes
Making
The nets and the shore work were shot in the Santa Monica area in January 1912, during Biograph's California stay.
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the shore and the net-mending, in the open near Santa Monica.
Preservation
AFI reports the film extant. A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- AFI's screened print carried a title card dating the film 1910. AFI says that date is wrong.
- Moving Picture World noted it on February 10, 1912, and again on March 2.
- The May 1912 Motion Picture Story Magazine is the source for the Los Angeles location.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-the-mender-of-nets.
Scenes
- Grace reminds Tom of what she gave up.
- The mender steps into the fight between Tom and Grace's brother.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-mender-of-nets)
