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A Calamitous Elopement
(1908) American
B&W : One reel / 738 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Charles Inslee, [?] George Gebhardt and/or Frank Gebhardt?, Robert Harron, John R. Cumpson, Anthony O’Sullivan, D.W. Griffith

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 28 July 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H113967]. Released 7 August 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Griffith’s eighth film as director. Exteriors were shot in front of the Biograph offices in New York, New York. Subtitle: How It Proved a Windfall for Burglar Bill.

Drama.

Synopsis: A thief hides in the trunk of two newlyweds and waits until he is able to steal their valuables.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Keywords: Balconies - Books - Crime: Theft - Criminals: Thieves - Elopements - Hats: Top hats - Hotel rooms - Ladders - Parlors - Police: Policemen, Police stations - Porters - Street scenes - Suitcases - Tobacco: Cigars - Trunks - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 20 January 2009.

References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 40; Fell-History p. 57; Niver-First p. 128; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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