The Caged Bird

The Caged Bird
StarringWilliam Garwood
Marguerite Snow
Production
company
Distributed byMutual Film
Release date
  • June 6, 1913 (1913-06-06)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Caged Bird is a 1913 American silent short drama film, produced by the Thanhouser Company, and starring William Garwood and Marguerite Snow.

Plot

A sheltered princess (Snow), facing a negotiated engagement to a prince (Garwood), escapes the formality and ceremony of royal life, only to discover herself ill-prepared for a peasant's rough life. She is assaulted and robbed before she returns to the castle and her wedding.[1][2]

Cast

  • William Garwood as The Prince
  • Marguerite Snow as The Princess[3]
  • James Cruze as The King
  • William Russell as The Farmer
  • Emma C. Butler as The Guard of Honor

References

  1. ^ "The Caged Bird at Lyric To-Day". The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. June 3, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved March 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Film Reviews". The South Bend Tribune. June 21, 1913. p. 9. Retrieved March 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Rainey, Buck (May 1, 1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: Their Lives and Films. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-8108-1911-5.