A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.
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- TriviaAccording to the note shown before this short film (appearing as a bonus feature on the "Orphans of the Storm" DVD in the "Griffith Masterworks" box set), "Henry B. Walthall is credited as the film's star, but D.W. Griffith actually plays the leading male role."
- ConnectionsEdited into Plus Oh! (1996)
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Babies can't act...
I guess the most convincing performance in this early silent drama comes from the baby as it is carried through the air by an eagle. The poor little ankle-biter screams his (or her) lungs out as we see him flying across a dodgy background while in the eagle's clutches. Really gets into the part, she (or he) does. Most everything else about the film is average at best, but at least the plot is easy to follow. Films were still too early for leading men or women to stamp their personality on a role, so it's not really possible to pass an opinion on the performance of D. W. Griffith and his fellow actors, other than to say they are no better or worse than others of the time. The special effects are pretty second rate - even for 1908 - but director J. Searle Darley demonstrates a sound grasp of the techniques that were then available to him.
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- JoeytheBrit
- Aug 7, 2010
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908) officially released in Canada in English?
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