The Lion, the Lamb, the Man
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The Lion, the Lamb, the Man is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Tom Forman and featuring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush. Though once believed to be lost,[1] a shortened version of the film was preserved by the Museum of Modern Art in 2008, and was re-premiered at the 2017 Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California.[2][3]
The Lion, the Lamb, the Man | |
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Directed by | Joe De Grasse |
Written by | Tom Forman |
Produced by | Rex Film Co. |
Starring | Lon Chaney Pauline Bush |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 2 reels (only 1 reel exists however) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
A nitrate print was discovered by film collector Bob Geoghegan and his Archive Film Agency in England in 2007. They loaned it to the Museum of Modern Art who made a dupe negative and a release print in 2008. The first public screening was at Cinecon in September, 2017. Though the film was originally released at 2 reels, the print that survives appears to be only 1 reel. Most of the opening footage is missing, so the film begins with Agnes already living in the Kentucky mountains. A still exists showing one of the actors in makeup as a cave man (see plot synopsis).[4]
Co-star Millard K. Wilson and Chaney became life-long friends. Wilson worked as an assistant director on many of Chaney's later films for MGM.[5]