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An Awful Moment
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 737 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Linda Arvidson, Marion Leonard, Kate Bruce, Adele de Garde, Dorothy West, Dorothy Bernard, Mack Sennett, Florence Barker, Gladys Egan, Charles Gorman, George Gebhardt, Harry Solter, Gertrude Robinson, Florence Lawrence, [?] T. Moore?
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 10 December 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H119490]. Released 18 December 1908. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / Griffith’s 46th film as director. The production was shot in the Biograph studio and on 14th Street in New York, New York, on 19 November 1908. The Biograph ‘AB’ logo is seen in the background sets.
Drama.
Synopsis: A gypsy woman plots revenge on the judge who sentenced her to jail.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Books - Children - Christmas trees - Clothing: Fur coats - Courtrooms - Domestics: Maids - Fights - Gypsies - Hats: Top hats - Law: Judicial (Judges), Enforcement (Policemen) - Snow - Street scenes - Teddy bears - Traps - Trials - USA: New York: New York - Weapons: Guns (Shotguns), Knives
Listing updated: 11 May 2018.
References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 41; Fell-History pp. 56, 61, 62; Niver-Early p. 18; Niver-First pp. 133, 137; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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