The Mills of the Gods is an American silent film. It was the first three-reel "feature" directed by Ralph Ince; production company Vitagraph entrusted him with this longer project after being impressed by his work on the two-reel Double Danger.Fairservice, Don. Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice: Looking at the Invisible. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press. p 112. Retrieved 27 October 2015
Cast L. Rogers Lytton as Lorenzo Leo Delaney as Miguel Rosemary Theby as Giulia Zena Keefe as Maria, Giulia's Sister George Cooper as Tano, an Instrument of Lorenzo's Tefft Johnson as Piche, Miguel's Brother Adele DeGarde as Rosa, Miguel's Daughter Harry Northrub as DeWaldis, Giulia's Lawyer Evelyn Dominicus as The She-Wolf Mrs. Maurice Costello as The Nurse
Release The Mills of the Gods was released domestically on November 4, 1912.Internet Movie Database - Release Info, retrieved October 26, 2015 The novel by George P. Dillenback was reissued by Grosset & Dunlap in a hardcover printing featuring stills from the film.The Mills of the Gods. Internet Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2015
The film played in Rotterdam at the Parisien Theater from January 24 to 30, 1913, followed by a run at Amsterdam's Cinema Palace from February 28 to March 6.Blom, Ivo. Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade. Amsterdam University Press. p 122. Retrieved 27 October 2015 At the same time, at least one print was working its way through New Zealand, where it played in Sydenham in late February,Sydenham Pictures. The Press. Volume XLIX. Issue 14600. 26 February 1913. p 11. Retrieved 27 October 2015 in Whanganui in March,Amusements. Wanganui Chronicle. Issue 12870. 17 March 1913. p 7. Retrieved 27 October 2015 and in North Otago in May.Hayward's Pictures. North Otago Times. 15 May 1913. p 1. Retrieved 27 October 2015
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