Oil and Water (film)
| Oil and Water | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Edward |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
| Distributed by | |
Release date |
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Running time | 25 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Oil and Water is a 1913 film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The supporting cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, and Harry Carey.[1]
The film was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2007 as part of a Biograph studio retrospective.
Plot
A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their individual styles don't mesh. The movie includes elaborate dance sequences.
Cast
- Blanche Sweet as Mademoiselle Genova
- Henry B. Walthall as the idealist
- Lionel Barrymore as in first audience / in second audience / visitor
- Walter Miller as the idealist's brother, a minister
- Clara T. Bracy as the nurse
- Harry Carey as stage manager / at dinner
- Gertrude Bambrick as among dancers
- Kathleen Butler as in first audience / among dancers
- William J. Butler as among dancers
- John T. Dillon as in second audience / at dinner
- Frank Evans as in first audience / in second audience
- Dorothy Gish as in first audience
- Lillian Gish as in first audience
- Robert Harron
- J. Jiquel Lanoe as in first audience / among dancers
- Adolph Lestina as in second audience
- Charles Hill Mailes
- Joseph McDermott as actor in play / at dinner
- W. Chrystie Miller as in first audience
- Antonio Moreno as actor in play
- Alfred Paget as among dancers
- Matt Snyder as in first audience (credited as Matt B. Snyder)
- Charles West as in first audience / in second audience
References
- ^ "Oil and Water". silentera.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.