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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Bringing Up Baby
D.W. Griffith gets his ax, kisses his wife, and tweaks his baby; then, Woodsman Griffith is off to work. While he's chopping down trees, a huge Eagle swoops down and kidnaps his unattended baby. Mother emerges and discovers the Eagle has taken her child; she picks up a rifle, but, wisely, thinks before shooting at the airborne pair. Instead, she goes to get Griffith and his fellow woodsmen, who must see that the baby is "Rescued from an Eagle's Nest".
Notable for its star, Lawrence Griffith, who would soon begin unprecedented success as film Director D.W. Griffith. The "special effects" look very phony - and, that baby has incredibly odd looking feet, while in flight! Griffith's final battle with the Eagle is mildly interesting, but there isn't much else here. It might have been a fair film if Edison and company had the bird nesting in a tree cut, or likely to be chopped down, by the woodsmen. Or, they could have made the bird a Vulture
** Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1/16/08) J. Searle Dawley ~ D.W. Griffith, Henry B. Walthall, Miss Earle
Notable for its star, Lawrence Griffith, who would soon begin unprecedented success as film Director D.W. Griffith. The "special effects" look very phony - and, that baby has incredibly odd looking feet, while in flight! Griffith's final battle with the Eagle is mildly interesting, but there isn't much else here. It might have been a fair film if Edison and company had the bird nesting in a tree cut, or likely to be chopped down, by the woodsmen. Or, they could have made the bird a Vulture
** Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1/16/08) J. Searle Dawley ~ D.W. Griffith, Henry B. Walthall, Miss Earle
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- wes-connors
- Nov 6, 2007
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- Runtime8 minutes
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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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