Mary Pickford.     Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: Mary Pickford [Priscilla], Mack Sennett [the peddlar], George O. Nicholls [the man of the house], Kate Bruce [the woman of the house], Frank Evans [the first man], William J. Butler [the second man], Charles Craig [a gambling hall patron], Edward Dillon (Eddie Dillon) [a gambling hall patron], Jack Dillon [a gambling hall patron], Joseph Graybill [a gambling hall patron], Vivian Prescott [a gambling hall patron], Henry Lehrman [a gambling hall patron; and a train passenger], Francis J. Grandon [a train passenger], W. Chrystie Miller [a train passenger], Anthony O’Sullivan [a train passenger], Alfred Paget [a train passenger]

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by Stanner E.V. Taylor. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 3 August 1910 by Biograph Company [J143884]. Released 1 August 1910. / Biograph 35mm spherical format. / The production was shot on 22-23 and 25 June 1910 in the Biograph studio and on location in Westfield, New Jersey. The Biograph ‘AB’ logomark is seen on interior sets throughout the film.

Drama.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / Mary Pickford collection) [35mm Biograph nitrate camera negative] and (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 16mm acetate duplicate positive], and in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate positive].

Keywords: Crime: Theft - Salesmen - Railroads: Trains

Listing updated: 31 July 2009.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 42; Blum-Silent p. 17; Eyman-Pickford p. 325; Niver-Early p. 12; Sinyard-Silent p. 73; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Legacy; Website-Pickford.

Home video: DVD.