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The Country Doctor
(1909) American
B&W : One reel / 942 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Frank Powell [Doctor Harcourt], Florence Lawrence [Mrs. Harcourt, his wife], Gladys Egan [Edith Harcourt, their daughter], Kate Bruce [poor mother], Mary Pickford [the elder daughter], Adele de Garde [the sick daughter], Rose King [maid]
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 1909 by Biograph Company [J129513]. Released 8 July 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot on 29 and 31 May, and on 7 June 1909.
Drama: Rural.
Survival Status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative], and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Listing updated: 15 January 2009.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 41; Everson-American p. 49; Eyman-Pickford p. 323; Fell-History pp. 56, 62; Mottram-Danish pp. 56, 57, 78; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-NFPF.
Home video: DVD.
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