The Golden Louis
(1909) American
B&W : Split-reel / 474 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Anita Hendrie, Adele de Garde, Gladys Egan, Wilfred Lucas, Kate Bruce, Owen Moore, Mack Sennett, Marion Leonard

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by [?] Arthur Marvin and/or G.W. Bitzer? / © 17 February 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H123059]. Released 22 February 1909; in a split-reel with The Politician’s Love Story (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film utilizes tight close-ups. The Biograph ‘AB’ logo is seen in the background sets.

Drama.

Synopsis: The story of a little match girl in the snowy streets and a stolen coin.

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

Keywords: Beggars - Charity - Children: Waifs - Coins - Costume dramas - Crime: Theft - Death - Gambling - Money - Snow

Listing updated: 16 January 2009.

References: Film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 41; Niver-First p. 141; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.