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Her First Biscuits
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 514 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: John R. Cumpson [Mr. Jones], Florence Lawrence [Mrs. Jones], Charles Avery [a biscuit victim], Arthur V. Johnson [a biscuit victim], Marion Leonard [a biscuit victim], Violet Mersereau [a biscuit victim], David Miles [a biscuit victim], Owen Moore [a biscuit victim], Mary Pickford [a biscuit victim], Herbert Prior [a biscuit victim], Mack Sennett [a biscuit victim], George O. Nicholls [the policeman], Jeanie Macpherson [the secretary], Anthony O’Sullivan [a workman], Anita Hendrie [a woman in the crowd], [?] ? [the thief], [?] Linda Arvidson?, [?] Dorothy Bernard?, [?] Clara T. Bracy?, [?] Charles Craig?, [?] Flora Finch?, [?] Guy Hedlund?, [?] Mrs. Herbert Miles?, [?] Harry Solter?, [?] Marion Sunshine?
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by Frank E. Woods. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 12 June 1909 by Biograph Company [H128254]. Released 17 June 1909; in a split-reel with The Faded Lillies (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 20 April 1909. The ‘AB’ logomark is visible in the film. [?] Barry-Griffith p. 41, Usai-Griffith-2 p. 110 and Website-AFI list the release date as 17 June 1909; a Biograph ad reproduced in Eyman-Pickford p. 40 lists the release date as 28 July 1909. [?] Sunshine’s appearance in the cast is highly suspect.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen
Listing updated: 28 April 2023.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Eyman-Pickford pp. 40, 323; Spehr-American p. 2; Usai-Griffith-2 pp. 110-111 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Pickford.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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