Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
Adventure | 18 January 1908
Cast:
D. W. Griffith, Miss Earl, Jeannie [ More ]Director:
J. Searle DawleyProduction Company:
Edison Mfg. Co.Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest is thought to be one of the first films shot in Fort Lee, NJ, across the Hudson River from New York City. More specifically, it was filmed on the Palisades above the river. Over the next several years, Fort Lee and nearby rural Coytesville would be popular film and studio locations. Other scenes were shot at Edison's New York City studio.
Some sources claim that this was D. W. Griffith's film debut. The baby's name may have been Jinnie Frazier. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest is extant and commercially available. ...
Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest is thought to be one of the first films shot in Fort Lee, NJ, across the Hudson River from New York City. More specifically, it was filmed on the Palisades above the river. Over the next several years, Fort Lee and nearby rural Coytesville would be popular film and studio locations. Other scenes were shot at Edison's New York City studio.
Some sources claim that this was D. W. Griffith's film debut. The baby's name may have been Jinnie Frazier. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest is extant and commercially available.
When a mother leaves her baby unattended outside, an eagle swoops down, grabs the infant in its talons, and carries it off to a mountain aerie. The mother runs to tell her lumberjack husband, who gathers his fellow woodchoppers and hurries to save his child. He fights the eagle and returns home with his baby, ...
When a mother leaves her baby unattended outside, an eagle swoops down, grabs the infant in its talons, and carries it off to a mountain aerie. The mother runs to tell her lumberjack husband, who gathers his fellow woodchoppers and hurries to save his child. He fights the eagle and returns home with his baby, unscathed.
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