The Cord of Life
(1909) American
B&W : One reel / 857 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Charles Gorman, Marion Leonard, Guy Hedlund, Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Mack Sennett, John R. Cumpson, Charles K. French, Dorothy Bernard, Clara T. Bracey, Charles Inslee, George Gebhardt, Anita Hendrie, David Miles, Florence Lawrence, Dorothy West

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 [H121877]. Released 28 January 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. 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: 15 January 2009.

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

Home video: DVD.