So Near, Yet So Far

So Near, Yet So Far

★ 5.9IMDb Score
Released:1912-09-29
Duration:15 min
Director:D.W. Griffith
Actors:Walter Miller, Mary Pickford, Robert Harron, Lionel Barrymore, Christy Cabanne
Production:American Mutoscope & Biograph

Overview:

It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors— place themselves in the way of his love. Unknowingly, the Boy and the young woman of his fancy both stay at the home of mutual friends— But all is not well, as robbers lurk outside the house.

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