Lonely Villa
Also known as {The Lonely Villa}, {In a Lonely Villa}
(1909) American
B&W : Split-reel / 750 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Marion Leonard [the mother], Mary Pickford [her older daughter], Adele de Garde [her younger daughter], David Miles, Gladys Egan, James Kirkwood, Mack Sennett, Owen Moore

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by Mack Sennett, from the play Au Telephone [At the Telephone] by André de Lorde. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin. / © 10 June 1909 by Biograph Company [H128182]. Released 10 June 1909; in a split-reel with A New Trick (1909). / Biograph spherical 1.33:1 format. / Kirkwood’s film debut. Blum-Silent p. 12 mistakenly identifies the film as In a Lonely Villa.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Keywords: Criminals: Burglars - Rescues - Telephones

Listing updated: 14 January 2009.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 62; Barry-Griffith pp. 13, 14, 15, 41; Blum-Silent pp. 12, 14; Bohn-Light pp. xvii, 49, 50; Everson-American pp. 43, 44, 46, 368; Eyman-Pickford pp. 41, 47, 323; Fell-History p. 56; Lahue-Kops p. 13; Robinson-Palace pp. 127, 130; Shipman-Cinema pp. 40, 42; Sinyard-Silent pp. 22, 36; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.