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Her First Biscuits
(1909) American
B&W : Split-reel / 514 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Anita Hendrie, Arthur Johnson, Dorothy Bernard, Mack Sennett, Owen Moore, Mary Pickford [an extra]

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by Frank E. Woods. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 12 June 1909 by Biograph Company [H128254]. Released [?] 17 or 28? July 1909; in a split-reel with The Faded Lillies (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot on 20 April 1909. The ‘AB’ logomark is visible in the film. / [?] Barry-Griffith p. 41 and Website-AFI list the release date as 17 June 1909; a Biograph ad included in Eyman-Pickford p. 40 lists the release date as 28 July 1909.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate positive].

Keywords: Police: Policemen

Listing updated: 18 January 2009.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Eyman-Pickford pp. 40, 323; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-AFI; Website-Pickford.

Home video: DVD.

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