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The Dove and the Serpent

  • 1912
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Margarita Fischer, Eddie Lyons, and Harry A. Pollard in The Dove and the Serpent (1912)
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The story has to do with the love adventures of a Mexican girl, Tortola, who chooses the less worthy of two suitors for her hand. The result is that she suffers the agony commonly ascribed t... Read allThe story has to do with the love adventures of a Mexican girl, Tortola, who chooses the less worthy of two suitors for her hand. The result is that she suffers the agony commonly ascribed to a dove, or similarly tempered bird or animal, who has the misfortune to fall into the ha... Read allThe story has to do with the love adventures of a Mexican girl, Tortola, who chooses the less worthy of two suitors for her hand. The result is that she suffers the agony commonly ascribed to a dove, or similarly tempered bird or animal, who has the misfortune to fall into the hands of a serpent. The serpent in this case was Luis Argnello. Still her suffering, great a... Read all

  • Director
    • Francis J. Grandon
  • Writer
    • Edward LeSaint
  • Stars
    • Margarita Fischer
    • Eddie Lyons
    • Harry A. Pollard
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  • YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Francis J. Grandon
    • Writer
      • Edward LeSaint
    • Stars
      • Margarita Fischer
      • Eddie Lyons
      • Harry A. Pollard
    • 1User review
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    Margarita Fischer
    Margarita Fischer
    • Tortola - the Dove
    Eddie Lyons
    Eddie Lyons
    • Luis Arguello - the Serpent
    • (as Edward Lyons)
    Harry A. Pollard
    Harry A. Pollard
    • Pablo - Tortola's Lover
    Ben Horning
    • Sr. Lopez - Tortola's Father
    Miss Bennett
    • Bella - the Village Belle
    Edward LeSaint
    Edward LeSaint
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (as E.J. LeSaint)
    • Director
      • Francis J. Grandon
    • Writer
      • Edward LeSaint
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    deickemeyer

    The story is well conducted, clear and interesting

    A very pretty picture, telling a tragic love story of Latin-American people, perhaps Mexicans. It is well acted; also the costuming, staging and scene choosing are very carefully done. It is an excellent and true picture of the tropic lands south of us, full of sunlight, warmth and passion. The story is well conducted, clear and interesting. The young heroine is abandoned by her husband for a girl of the drinking place with a rose in her hair. He is frightened into coming back, but now the girl refuses him. It is a good feature picture, well photographed and of substantial good qualities. - The Moving Picture World, April 13, 1912

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    • Release date
      • April 4, 1912 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
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    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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