The Transformation of Mike (1912)Mike breaks into an apartment to steal an old man's money, not realizing it's his girlfriend's father. When he discovers whose apartment it is, he begs her for forgiveness. Director:D.W. GriffithWriter:Wilfred Lucas |
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Wilfred Lucas | ... |
Mike
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Blanche Sweet | ... |
The Tenement Girl
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Edna Foster | ... |
The Tenement Girl's Brother
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William J. Butler | ... |
The Tenement Father
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Kate Bruce | ... |
A Neighbor
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Christy Cabanne | ... |
In Bar
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Max Davidson | ... |
Landlord
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John T. Dillon | ... |
A Policeman /
At Dance
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Frank Evans | ... |
A Policeman
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At Dance
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Grace Henderson | ... |
At Dance
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J. Jiquel Lanoe | ... |
In Bar /
At Dance
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Joseph McDermott | ... |
In Bar /
At Dance
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Gus Pixley | ... |
At Dance
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W.C. Robinson | ... |
In Bar /
At Dance
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Mike breaks into an apartment to steal an old man's money, not realizing it's his girlfriend's father. When he discovers whose apartment it is, he begs her for forgiveness.
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1 February 1912 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
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Transformation of Mike, The (1912)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Extremely entertaining drama from Griffith about a gangster named Mike (Wilfred Lucas) who moves into a tenement building to start over. At a dance he meets a young lady (Blanche Sweet) and quickly falls for her but with no money to take her out he decides to do a robbery. Mike eventually breaks into the house of an old man with money but he doesn't realize that it's his girl's father. The film deals with a bad man seeing his wrong ways and changing and this here is a subject that Griffith went to many times. Once again Griffith's strong direction really does wonders as he's able to make a rather cute romantic comedy with the two people meeting yet he then switches gears flawlessly as we see Mike terrorizing the family, not knowing who they really are. Lucas is terrific in his role as should be expected since he also wrote the story. The always impressive Sweet does her typical great job and William J. Butler is fine as her father.