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Film, VideoIola's promise Iola, an Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats. She is rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector. In gratitude, she promises to help him to find gold, and, when his fiancee is about to be burned at the stake by her own tribe, she repays him by sacrificing her own life.
- Contributor: Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Bernard, Dorothy - Taylor, Belle - Bruce, Kate - General Film Company - Carroll, William - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Lehrman, Henry - Bitzer, G. W. ... Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Bernard, Dorothy - Taylor, Belle - Bruce, Kate - General Film Company - Carroll, William - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Lehrman, Henry - Bitzer, G. W. - Moreno, Antonio - Pickford, Mary - Gorman, Charles - Harron, Robert - Hyde, Harry - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - Evans, Frank - Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill) - West, Charles H. - Paget, Alfred - Opperman, Frank - Toncray, Kate - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Butler, William J.
- Date: 1912
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Film, VideoThe faded lilies
Variant title from The Griffith project, v. 2: Faded lillies "Francois, a hunchback violinist, performs at a society party and is given a bouquet of lilies by a young woman in appreciation. He takes the gift a sign of love, and when he realizes his mistake, he loses his mind. A doctor treating him persuades the young lady to pretend an affection for him. But when the recovering musician discovers the deception, he stops...- Contributor: Miles, David - Bitzer, G. W. - Prior, Herbert - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Pickford, Mary ... Miles, David - Bitzer, G. W. - Prior, Herbert - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Pickford, Mary - Quirk, Billy - Marvin, Arthur W. - Moore, Owen - Egan, Gladys - Powell, Frank E. - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill)
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoFate's turning
Variant title: Fate's turning, the disaster of a false step averted John Lawson, Jr. has taken over the family business due to the illness of his father, and he has suffered a nervous breakdown. His father,regaining health, suggests the son take a rest at a summer hotel. John bids adieu to his fiancee, only to become smitten by Mary, a pretty hotel waitress. He promises to marry her. John is called home urgently when his...- Contributor: West, Dorothy - Bitzer, G. W. - General Film Company - Pickford, Lottie - West, Charles H. - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Arvidson, Linda - Crisp, Donald ... West, Dorothy - Bitzer, G. W. - General Film Company - Pickford, Lottie - West, Charles H. - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Arvidson, Linda - Crisp, Donald - Bernard, Dorothy - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - Evans, Frank - Toncray, Kate - Longfellow, Stephanie - Afi/Foley (Ed) Collection (Library of Congress) - McDowell, Clare - Grandon, Francis J.
- Date: 1911
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Film, VideoComata, the Sioux
Former supplied title: Unidentified paper print box U "A white man (Arthur Johnson) convinces an Indian maiden (Marion Leonard) to abandon her Indian village and accompany him to his small house on the edge of some cleared land. In time, they have a child. In the background, from the beginning, an Indian (James Kirkwood) can be seen as though guarding the young Indian girl. In time, the white man becomes enamored of...- Contributor: Lawrence, Florence - Bitzer, G. W. - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Arvidson, Linda - Leonard, Marion - Johnson, Arthur V. - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Clarges, Verner
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoThe slave In ancient Rome, the beautiful Nerada is courted by Deletius, a wealthy patrician, but she marries the sculptor Alachus instead. Several years later, the sculptor's family is in dire straits, their child dying of starvation. Desperate for money to buy food, Nerada decides to sell herself as a slave while Alachus sleeps, exhausted and hungry. Meanwhile, Deletius is still pining for Nerada, and his...
- Contributor: Lawrence, Florence - Bitzer, G. W. - Pickford, Lottie - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Solter, Harry L. - Paget, Alfred - Siegmann, George - Moore, Owen - Bruce, Kate ... Lawrence, Florence - Bitzer, G. W. - Pickford, Lottie - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Solter, Harry L. - Paget, Alfred - Siegmann, George - Moore, Owen - Bruce, Kate - Biograph Company - Pickford, Mary - Johnson, Arthur V. - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) - Powell, Frank E. - Butler, William J.
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoOver the hills to the poor house
Title from Biograph bulletins 1896-1908: Over the hills to the poorhouse | Title from Internet movie database: Over the hill to the poorhouse The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but kind young fellow, she leaves a small amount, feeling that he will soon run through it. The good-hearted boy is perfectly satisfied, believing in...- Contributor: Taylor, Stanner E. V. - Bitzer, G. W. - Auer, Florence - O'Sullivan, Tony - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Carleton, Will - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Marvin, Arthur W. - Sennett, Mack - Dillon, Edward - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - McCutcheon, Wallace - Vignola, Robert G.
- Date: 1908
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Film, VideoThe lonely villa Mr. and Mrs. Cullison and their three daughters live in a beautiful, large home out in the country. When Mr. Cullison is called away, leaving his wife and daughters alone in the house, a gang of thieves break in and threaten the family. When his car breaks down, not far from the house, Mr. Cullison calls home and discovers that his family is in...
- Contributor: Mersereau, Violet - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Hendrie, Anita - Leonard, Marion - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bitzer, G. W. - O'Sullivan, Tony ... Mersereau, Violet - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Hendrie, Anita - Leonard, Marion - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bitzer, G. W. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Pickford, Mary - Moore, Owen - Miles, David - Taylor, Stanner E. V. - De Garde, Adele - Cumpson, John R. - Avery, Charles - Egan, Gladys - Prior, Herbert - Marvin, Arthur W. - Afi/Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Lorde, André De
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoLena and the geese An aristocratic woman is forced to give up her newborn daughter to be raised by Gretchen, a peasant woman. The girl grows up with Lena, the peasant's real daughter, who tends a flock of geese. On her deathbed, the aristocratic mother decides her daughter should be reinstated into the royal household, and sends for her, but Gretchen substitutes Lena instead. Without success, the young...
- Contributor: Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - Hyde, Harry - August, Edwin - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - West, Charles H. - Henderson, Grace - Biograph Company - Robinson, Spike - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) ... Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - Hyde, Harry - August, Edwin - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - West, Charles H. - Henderson, Grace - Biograph Company - Robinson, Spike - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bruce, Kate - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - Pickford, Mary - General Film Company - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill) - Cabanne, Christy - Carroll, William - McDowell, Clare - Paget, Alfred - Miller, W. Christy - Opperman, Frank
- Date: 1912
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ArticleA corner in wheat A greedy tycoon decides, on a whim, to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing the grain's producers into charity lines and further into poverty. Shows the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
- Contributor: Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Bruce, Kate - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Hart, Ruth - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bitzer, G. W. - Kirkwood, James ... Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Bruce, Kate - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Hart, Ruth - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bitzer, G. W. - Kirkwood, James - Macpherson, Jeanie - Moore, Owen - Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) - Harron, Robert - Nichols, George - West, Dorothy - Woods, Frank E. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Haldeman, Edith - Powell, Frank E. - Arvidson, Linda - Norris, Frank - Egan, Gladys - Butler, William J. - Dillon, Edward - Craig, Charles B. - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill) - Sweet, Blanche - Henderson, Grace - Robinson, Gertrude - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Miller, W. Christy - Evans, Frank
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoFights of nations
Variant title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 7: Fight of nations H90564 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Feb1907; H90564. Biograph production no. 3272. Paper print shelf number (LC 2412) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 103; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908,...- Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1907
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Film, VideoThe Inner Circle A lonely widower is told to bomb Senor Cataldo's house by the Inner Circle, a secret society of which he is a reluctant member. Sr. Cataldo's offence is that he has gone to the police with an extortion note he received from the Inner Circle. While the widower is being given his instructions, his little girl wanders away from her caretaker and is struck...
- Contributor: Bitzer, G. W. - General Film Company - Paget, Alfred - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Robinson, Spike - Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pickford, Jack - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - Pickford, Mary ... Bitzer, G. W. - General Film Company - Paget, Alfred - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Robinson, Spike - Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pickford, Jack - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - Pickford, Mary - Toncray, Kate - Gorman, Charles - Cabanne, Christy - Lestina, Adolphe - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Harron, Robert - Hennessy, George - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill) - Evans, Frank
- Date: 1912
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Film, VideoA beast at bay Edith and Jack are on their way to the train station when they are accosted by a drunken tramp, who insults them. Edith is peeved when Jack will not confront the tramp. Still angry with him, she drops him at the station and leaves. Meanwhile, a dangerous convict has escaped from prison, and is at large near the train station. The prisoner has overpowered...
- Contributor: Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - West, Charles H. - Afi/Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paget, Alfred - Biograph Company - Robinson, Spike - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - August, Edwin - Hennessy, George ... Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - West, Charles H. - Afi/Pickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paget, Alfred - Biograph Company - Robinson, Spike - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - August, Edwin - Hennessy, George - Pickford, Mary - General Film Company - Cabanne, Christy - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - Carroll, William - Harron, Robert - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill) - Lehrman, Henry
- Date: 1912
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ArticleLady Helen's escapade Lady Helen, becoming bored with the quality of her life, hires herself out as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a sensitive young musician. The other women in the house are jealous, and accuse her of trying to steal the musician's violin. Lady Helen retreats to her own home, and arranges a position for the musician which allows...
- Contributor: Inslee, Charles (Charles E.) - Lawrence, Florence - Taylor, Stanner E. V. - Bitzer, G. W. - Prior, Herbert - Cumpson, John R. - West, Dorothy - Miles, David - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) ... Inslee, Charles (Charles E.) - Lawrence, Florence - Taylor, Stanner E. V. - Bitzer, G. W. - Prior, Herbert - Cumpson, John R. - West, Dorothy - Miles, David - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Prescott, Vivian - Hendrie, Anita - Sennett, Mack - Bernard, Dorothy - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Macpherson, Jeanie - Moore, Owen - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoA ballroom tragedy
Shooting title in Biograph Co. production logs: Ball room tragedy Opens on a set of a sitting room, apparently off a ballroom where dancers occasionally can be glimpsed through a curtained entrance stage right. Near the entrance, a young couple in formal attire talk--perhaps angrily--as another couple exit the dancing. The second man introduces his companion--a striking woman in a risqué white gown with a low-cut bodice and bare shoulders--to the other man and...- Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1905
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Film, VideoTwo memories Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl and spends her time at parties with her friends. Henry has become very ill and wishes to see Marion one more time. He writes asking her to visit. When she recieves the note, she laughs and tosses it...
- Contributor: Miles, David - Lawrence, Florence - Bitzer, G. W. - Cumpson, John R. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Avery, Charles - Hendrie, Anita ... Miles, David - Lawrence, Florence - Bitzer, G. W. - Cumpson, John R. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Avery, Charles - Hendrie, Anita - Leonard, Marion - Sennett, Mack - Pickford, Mary - Prior, Herbert - Moore, Owen - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Robinson, Gertrude
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoThe necklace The Kendricks are a young couple, excited to have been invited to an important social event. Mrs. Kendrick buys a new gown and borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend. At the ball, the necklace it is stolen, and the Kendricks spend their whole lives and go deeply into debt to replace it, even though, unbeknownst to them, the necklace is only costume jewelry....
- Contributor: Miles, David - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - King, Rose - Bitzer, G. W. - Kirkwood, James ... Miles, David - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - King, Rose - Bitzer, G. W. - Kirkwood, James - Harris, Caroline - Pickford, Lottie - Pickford, Mary - Moore, Owen - Inslee, Charles (Charles E.) - Lawrence, Florence - O'Sullivan, Tony - Longfellow, Stephanie - Powell, Frank E. - Avery, Charles - Prior, Herbert - Marvin, Arthur W. - Maupassant, Guy De - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoThe Gibson goddess
Title from Paper Print preliminary catalog card: Unidentified Paper Print box V An attractive young lady at a beach resort draws unwanted attention from a group of unruly young men, so she disguises herself with a long beach coat and plenty of padding. Not recognizing the beauty they had seen earlier, the young men jeer and tease her, all except for a plain-looking sailor, who likes her despite her large size. In the final scene, she...- Contributor: West, Dorothy - Afi/Tayler (Dorothy M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Bitzer, G. W. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Leonard, Marion - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary ... West, Dorothy - Afi/Tayler (Dorothy M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Bitzer, G. W. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Leonard, Marion - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary - Quirk, Billy - Kirkwood, James - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Robinson, Gertrude - Nichols, George - Evans, Frank
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoLines of white on a sullen sea Emily turns down an offer of marriage from sailor Joe, and accepts sailor Bill. He sails away and soon forgets about his promise to Emily, leaving her to wait for six, long years. Unbeknownst to her, he marries and has a child. She waits, despite entreaties from Joe and the ridicule of her neighbors. Eventually she becomes deathly ill. When Bill returns with his...
- Contributor: West, Dorothy - Bitzer, G. W. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Arvidson, Linda - Moore, Owen - Leonard, Marion - Sennett, Mack ... West, Dorothy - Bitzer, G. W. - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Arvidson, Linda - Moore, Owen - Leonard, Marion - Sennett, Mack - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary - Quirk, Billy - Powell, Frank E. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Robinson, Gertrude - Nichols, George
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoJudith of Bethulia "The Judean fortress of Bethulia is attacked by the powerful army of Nebuchadnezzar, led by Holofernes. The walls withstand the assault, but many people are killed and Holofernes lays the fortress under siege. Judith, a beautiful and beloved widow, prays for guidance and has a vision that she must offer herself as a sacrifice to Holofernes in order to save Bethulia. She goes to...
- Contributor: Sweet, Blanche - Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - Woods, Frank E. - Hyde, Harry - Carey, Harry - Gish, Lillian - Paget, Alfred - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company ... Sweet, Blanche - Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - Woods, Frank E. - Hyde, Harry - Carey, Harry - Gish, Lillian - Paget, Alfred - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Aldrich, Thomas Bailey - Gish, Dorothy - Bruce, Kate - Lañoe, J. J. (Joseph Jiquel) - General Film Company - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) - Harron, Robert - Pierce, Grace Adele - Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill)
- Date: 1913
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Film, VideoHis duty It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Later in the evening, Jack is called to the scene of a robbery, where he finds the cap with his brother's initials. Dismayed by the idea that his brother...
- Contributor: Miles, David - Mersereau, Violet - Bitzer, G. W. - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Leonard, Marion - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary - Marvin, Arthur W. - Moore, Owen - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Harron, Robert - Powell, Frank E.
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoThe light that came Grace, a disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters, Vivian and Daisy, falls in love with Carl Wagner, a blind violinist, and they become engaged. Though she fears losing his love when he sees the scar on her face, Daisy pays for the surgery that restores Carl's sight. After his vision is restored, Vivian and Daisy both vie for Carl's attention, but to no...
- Contributor: West, Dorothy - Bitzer, G. W. - Bruce, Kate - Hedlund, Guy - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Robinson, Gertrude - Leonard, Marion ... West, Dorothy - Bitzer, G. W. - Bruce, Kate - Hedlund, Guy - O'Sullivan, Tony - Kirkwood, James - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Robinson, Gertrude - Leonard, Marion - Sennett, Mack - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Pickford, Mary - Evans, Frank - Quirk, Billy - Powell, Frank E. - Moore, Owen - Hart, Ruth - Grandon, Francis J. - Nichols, George
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoThrough the breakers
Unidentified Tayler no. 10: Those who pay | Those who pay Happily married, Mr. and Mrs. Normand are soon blessed with a child. Unfortunately, as the baby grows up, the Normands become less interested in the child, and more interested in their social lives. By the age of eight, their child is being cared for mostly by the governess. Alone and neglected, the child becomes seriously ill. Alarmed and remorseful, Mr. Normand begs his wife...- Contributor: Afi/Tayler (Dorothy M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Leonard, Marion - Bruce, Kate - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Hart, Ruth - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) ... Afi/Tayler (Dorothy M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Johnson, Arthur V. - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Leonard, Marion - Bruce, Kate - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Hart, Ruth - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Lehrman, Henry - Bitzer, G. W. - Kirkwood, James - Crisp, Donald - Pickford, Lottie - Macpherson, Jeanie - Moore, Owen - Harron, Robert - Nichols, George - De Garde, Adele - Evans, Frank - Craig, Charles B. - Henderson, Grace - Robinson, Gertrude
- Date: 1909
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ArticleBroken blossoms, or, The yellow man and the girl
Yellow man and the girl | D.W. Griffith's Broken blossoms | DW Griffith's Broken blossoms Set in the Limehouse district of London, this is the story of Lucy, a 15-year-old living under the violent, abusive hand of her resentful prizefighter father, Battling Burrows. Driven from her home, she finds love and protection in the home of a gentle Chinese man. Together they begin to discover the joys that life has denied both of them until that time. Then Lucy's...- Contributor: Gish, Lillian - Bitzer, G. W. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Crisp, Donald - Burke, Thomas - Malkames, Karl - Barthelmess, Richard
- Date: 1991
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Film, VideoThe country doctor Dr. Harcourt's daughter, Edith, falls sick. While treating her, the doctor is summoned to the sickbed of a poor neighbor's daughter who is also gravely ill. The doctor is torn between his duty, and concern for his own daughter's welfare. Duty wins out and he rushes to the bedside of the neighbor's child, promising his distraught wife that he will return home as soon...
- Contributor: Lawrence, Florence - King, Rose - Bitzer, G. W. - De Garde, Adele - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary - Egan, Gladys - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Powell, Frank E.
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoWhat's your hurry? At a birthday party, the father of the house is given a double-barrel shotgun, over which he is most enthusiastic. Meanwhile, his daughter recieves a letter saying that her boyfriend will be home from college early. When the boyfriend arrives and see the shotgun, he misunderstands and departs in terror. He runs into people, knocks them down, breaks things, and finally is brought back...
- Contributor: Mersereau, Violet - Bitzer, G. W. - De Garde, Adele - O'Sullivan, Tony - McCoy, Bessie - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Pickford, Lottie - West, Dorothy - Bernard, Dorothy ... Mersereau, Violet - Bitzer, G. W. - De Garde, Adele - O'Sullivan, Tony - McCoy, Bessie - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Biograph Company - Pickford, Lottie - West, Dorothy - Bernard, Dorothy - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Bruce, Kate - Pickford, Mary - Quirk, Billy - Sennett, Mack - Egan, Gladys - Robinson, Gertrude - Nichols, George - Evans, Frank
- Date: 1909