The Cord of Life
(1909) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Charles Gorman, Marion Leonard, Guy Hedlund, Harry Salter, Linda Arvidson, Mack Sennett, John Cumpson, Charles K. French, Dorothy Bernard, Clara T. Bracey

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 22 January 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Released January 28, 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in Biograph’s New York studios and on the Palisades of the Hudson River in New Jersey. 302 (16mm) feet. Griffith’s 63rd film. The Biograph ‘AB’ logo is seen in the background sets.

Drama.

Synopsis: Melodrama suspense of baby suspended from high window by villain. Father races home from work to thwart disaster.

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

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Baskets - Buckets - Buildings: Apartments - Children: Babies - Clothing: Shawls - Dinners - Fights - Furniture: Cribs - Gypsies - Matches - Newspapers - Pipes - Police: Policemen - Rescues - Revenge - Street scenes - Suspense - Tobacco: Cigarettes - USA: New Jersey - Weapons: Knives

Listing updated: 5 March 2007.

References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 41; Niver-First pp. 137-138, 139; Spehr-American p. 1; Usai-Griffith-3 p. 8.

Home Video: DVD.