Big Jim Garrity

Big Jim Garrity is a 1916 silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Robert Edeson, Eleanor Woodruff and Carl Harbaugh.^[1] The film was based on a 1910 play of the same name by Owen Davis. Ouida Bergère adapted it for the screen. Location shooting for the film was done in Jersey City, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia.^[2]

Big Jim Garrity
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Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	Ouida Bergère
Based on	Big Jim Garrity (play) by Owen Davis
Produced by	A.H. Woods
Starring	Robert Edeson Eleanor Woodruff Carl Harbaugh
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production company	Pathé Exchange
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	April 18, 1916 (1916-04-18)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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Cast

• Robert Edeson as Jim Garrity
• Eleanor Woodruff as Sylvia Craigen
• Carl Harbaugh as Dawson
• Lyster Chambers as Dr. Hugh Malone
• Charles Compton as Sam Craigen
• Carleton Macy as Mr. Craigen

Preservation

A complete print of Big Jim Garrity is held by the Archives du Film du CNC in Bois d'Arcy.^[3]

In 2017, the film was restored by the Cinémathèque Française from a print in their own collection and the intertitles were sourced from a copy from The Swedish Film Institute.^[4]