Barbara Frietchie (1924 film)

Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 American silent war drama film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War. It is based on the play of the same name by Clyde Fitch that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie. There were two silent film versions, a 1915 version and 1924 version. The 1915 version, directed by Herbert Blaché, starred Mary Miles Minter and Anna Q. Nilsson. The 1924 version, filmed at Ince Studio now Culver Studios and directed by Lambert Hillyer, it starred Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe.^[1][2]

Barbara Frietchie publicity photo with Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe

Barbara Frietchie
1924 film poster
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Written by	Lambert Hillyer Agnes Christine Johnston
Based on	Barbara Frietchie by Clyde Fitch
Produced by	Regal Pictures ??and/or W. W. Hodkinson
Starring	Florence Vidor Edmund Lowe
Cinematography	Henry Sharp (*French, German)
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	September 26, 1924 (1924-09-26)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Lydia Knott, mother of director Hillyer and a well known character actress in her own right, appears quite prominently in this film as a member of the Frietchie family but for some reason she is uncredited.

Cast

• Florence Vidor as Barbara Frietchie
• Edmund Lowe as William Trumbull
• Emmett King as Colonel Frietchie
• Joseph Bennett as Jack Negly
• Charles Delaney as Arthur Frietchie
• Louis Fitzroy as Col. Negly
• Gertrude Short as Sue Rogers
• Mattie Peters as Mammy Lou
• Slim Hamilton as Fred Gelwek
• Jim Blackwell as Rufus
• George A. Billings as Abraham Lincoln
• John T. Prince as Hagerstown Minister
• Lydia Knott (uncredited)

Preservation

Copies of Barbara Frietchie are held by Library and Archives Canada, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.^[3]

See also

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