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The Girls and Daddy
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / [?] 855 or 901? feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: David Miles, Florence Lawrence, Dorothy West, Gertrude Robinson, Anita Hendrie, Robert Harron, Mack Sennett, Arthur Johnson, Clara T. Bracy, Mack Sennett, Charles Inslee, Wilfred Lucas, Harry Solter, Dorothy Bernard, Kate Bruce, Gladys Egan, D.W. Griffith
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 3 February 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H122510]. Released 1 February 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on location in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and in Biograph’s New York studio. Griffith’s 64th film. Griffith does a small blackface role in the film. Nearly 2500 feet of unedited footage was sent for copyright. The Biograph ‘AB’ logo is seen in the background sets.
Drama.
Synopsis: A thief and a cat burglar both attempt to rob two young ladies of their money.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Alcohol: Drunkeness, Drunks - Attics - Bedrooms - Blackface - Canes - Crime: Burglary - Criminals: Burglars - Eavesdropping - Families: Sisters - Furniture: Beds - Glasses - Letters - Night clothes - Parlors - Police: Policemen - Post offices - Rescues - Restaurants - Rooftops - Signage - Street scenes - USA: New Jersey: Fort Lee - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 11 May 2018.
References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 41; Niver-First p. 139; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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