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The Curtain Pole
(1909) American
B&W : Split-reel / 765 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Mack Sennett, Harry Solter, Florence Lawrence, Linda Arvidson, Jeanie Macpherson, Arthur Johnson

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 2 January 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H120977]. Released 15 February 1909; in a split-reel with His Ward’s Love (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Carriages - Chases - Drunkeness - Drunks - Fops - Hats: Top hats

Listing updated: 15 January 2009.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Everson-American pp. 21, 261; Fell-History p. 62; Kerr-Silent pp. 59-60; Lahue-Kops p. 12; Mottram-Danish pp. 22, 36; Spehr-American p. 1; Usai-Griffith-1 p. 16 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

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